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shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

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to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

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comfort

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amenity

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to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

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empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

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chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

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something to wear; clothes

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to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

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beginning; start

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local line

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train that stops at every station; local train

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forest; woods

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fields (of rice and other crops)

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to fall asleep

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

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Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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military commander

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silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow

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undoubted; unmistakable; definite

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feigning ignorance; acting dumb

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the number of days; date

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

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unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

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return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation

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optimistic; hopeful

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ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

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(car) horn; klaxon

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call; invitation

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waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

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to be boiled; to be cooked

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to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

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to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

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golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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dry run; rehearsal

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weather portending snow; snowflake pattern

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