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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

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Champagne

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quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt

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in a circle (ring)

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cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

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clothes; outfit; uniform

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osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

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sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

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young owner; young proprietor

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pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

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stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

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prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission

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reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

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at work; in the midst of work; working

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the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

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large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

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of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

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awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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to anticipate; to foresee

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safe; vault; storage cabinet

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to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

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jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced

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tasting; sampling

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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snowball fight

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is it?

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cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

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no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering

2

to begin to

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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pair; two kinds; two ways

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

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to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)

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paintbrush

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

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early rising

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range; stove; cooker; microwave oven

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ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

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feeble joke; bad pun

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living room (Japanese-style)

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back door

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to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

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spaghetti

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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