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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

2

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

1

pupil (of eye); eye

4

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

dinnerware; cutlery

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

2

aunt; old lady; ma'am

3

straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot

1

windshield wipers

1

dustpan

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

1

to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

1

proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

end; close; finish; termination

1

opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

1

fierce attack

2

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

1

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

2

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

2

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)

1

a period (of time)

1

tuition fee; course fee

2

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

7

in spite of; regardless of

1

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

3

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

1

school entrance ceremony

1

to pass; to pass by

2

acute ear; good ear

1

honest; steady

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

1

stifled (laughter); simmering

1

start

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

3

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

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to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1