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this and that; one thing and another

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New Year's pine decoration

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decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

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kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

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New Year's Day

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kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions

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each house; every house; many houses

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New Year

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receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

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to show in; to usher in

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object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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pure; clean; purity

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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(arch.) sixteen

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this and that; various things

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

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open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

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to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

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vigorous; healthy; sound

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pounding mochi

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millstone; mortar

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mallet; pestle; pounder

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glutinous rice

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preliminary arrangements; spade work

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present (brought by a visitor); gift

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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lucky; fortunate

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boar meat hot pot; boar stew

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cooking; kitchen work

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shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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absurd; unreasonable

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to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot

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proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

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feeling of solidarity

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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bell (often globular)

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-ist; -er

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ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

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party; banquet; feast

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of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

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