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every year; yearly; annually

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Christmas

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teacher (classroom)

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chorus; singing in a chorus

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dance

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visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

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to look forward to

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meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

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the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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half

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one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building

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gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

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talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

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to become an expert; to be master at

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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game; play; sports

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

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atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

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tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

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attachment (to); tenacity of purpose

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

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leading; guiding; commanding

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to appear on the stage

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feigned; pretending (not to know)

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clapping hands; applause

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outbreak; occurrence

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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to enjoy (oneself)

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feelings of gratitude

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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sawmill

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plywood

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fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

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to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

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wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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killing two birds with one stone

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disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

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kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

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half a piece

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established practice; custom

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small bird; little bird

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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bamboo basket

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tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

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department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

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