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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

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(foot) race; sprint

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children

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game; match; contest

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relay

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game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)

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obstacle race

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mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

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publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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inn

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to be profitable; to yield a profit

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to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

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stay; sojourn

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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sightseeing spot; tourist attraction

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hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

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to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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volcano

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area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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snow festival

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Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

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snow; snowfall

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Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

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temporary

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period; term; interval

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suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

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cuckoo

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to call in; to invite; to bring in

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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attracting customers

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

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artificial; unnatural

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every day

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effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit

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is there anything else?

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hot water; hot bath

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free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

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(not so) much; (not) very

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