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preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

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counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation

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(convalescent) rest

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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

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date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

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bolt from the blue; great surprise

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to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

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large-flowered

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scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

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ill-natured; inconstancy

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fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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domestic affairs; internal administration

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first-class goods; A-grade product

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plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

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to smell; to sense

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lemon

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pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

1

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

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in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with

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small number of people

1

splendidly; brilliantly

1

return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction

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to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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few days

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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tea party

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garden party

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to meet; to greet

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party; banquet; feast

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to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

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assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

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bringing up; raising

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

2

surely; certainly

1

happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

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running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)

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groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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selection

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food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink

1

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

1

(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

arch of triumph; triumphal arch

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