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flowers; beautiful; spectacular

2

instrumental quintet

1

New Year's Eve

3

to look into; to peep into; to peer into

1

rear; back; behind

1

rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft

2

to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

1

Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

3

visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

5

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

2

Shinto shrine

4

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

2

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

1

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

3

present; gift

1

to shut up; to imprison

2

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

3

to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

1

younger sister

1

extremely; terrifically; super

1

anger; being angry; being mad

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

3

simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

1

rehabilitation (in society)

1

one's future course

1

heavy-hearted

1

silence

1

to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

as one of

1

winter clothing; winter wear; winter goods

1

duffel; duffle

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

3

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

1

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury

1

smiling; grinning

3

perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent

1

parting; farewell

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

Nobel Peace Prize

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

4

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

5

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

3

stillness of night

1

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1