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checking one's e-mail

2

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

1

to grasp at the air

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

2

to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

infotainment television program; information program; program of announcements

1

circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body

1

branch office; police box; local police station

1

order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)

1

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

2

locking

2

telephone booth; telephone box

3

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

1

mask; disguise; guise; mask

9

actress

3

presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

1

possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on

1

masquerade ball

1

masque; mask

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

7

chickweed (Stellaria sp.); stitchwort

1

a day or two

2

to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope

1

busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway

1

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

1

paper-knife

1

reading silently

1

by the end of the year

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

the reason for something

1

degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

7000; seven thousand

1

judgment; judgement; decision; verdict

1

driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence

1

training wheels; stabilizers

4

in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

1

(take) shelter; shunt

1

New Year's pine decoration

1

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

1

seventh day of the month; seven days

2

the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs

1

front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)

1