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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21); Spring Equinox Day

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dead of night; midnight

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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

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to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend

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curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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coffee

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burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

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fireplace; hearth; stove

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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orange (color, colour)

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

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scene; view; prospect; outlook

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to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk

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comfortable; pleasant

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outside the house

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apt to (do); liable to; prone to

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to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

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eyelid

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

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so and so; such and such

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding

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madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

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first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall

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to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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in proportion to; just as much as

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this much; this amount

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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cloth bag

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red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

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Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

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to kneel

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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eleven o'clock

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six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

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five o'clock

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell

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