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Happy New Year

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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pitch black; deep black

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tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm

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to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe

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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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aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

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wise; clever; smart

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

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to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

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glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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miso soup

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

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to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

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fish

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Japanese food; Japanese meal

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gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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evening meal; dinner

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unexpected meeting; coincidence

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set meal; special (of the day)

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mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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restaurant with only set meals

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to use one's head

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back of the hand

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each other; one another

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to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

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in the same manner as before; the same as always

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

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unreasonable demand

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but; however; provided that

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context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

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