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Sachi

1

one's own chopsticks; washable chopsticks carried in a case (used instead of disposable chopsticks)

1

Asamiya

2

red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals

1

hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter

1

Kouta

1

mixture; impurities

1

candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack

3

corner; edge

2

sound of bells or drums reverberating; sound of water or waves resounding

3

Hosaka

4

celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

1

(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet

14

Daigo

1

side dish; side menu; sidebar menu

1

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

1

glutinous rice

1

seasonal festival

1

full of ingredients; hearty; substantial

1

Sawako

1

choral competition

3

kid's lunch; kid's meal

1

proponent

1

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

2

collaboration

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

1

target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing)

1

attendance record

1

winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan

2

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

2

screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition

2

school song

8

tasteless and odorless; bland

1

excellent; superb; first-rate

1

60th birthday

8

to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

1

soup

3

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)

1

celebration; auspicious occasion

1

pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

3

place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on

1

south

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

17

draw; tie; quits; even; square

2

only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces

1

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

1

day (as in holiday); daytime

1

friend

1