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hill road

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paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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crowd; turnout

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slow, relaxed walk; stroll

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SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water

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(not so) much; (not) very

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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candied apple; toffee apple

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sharing; share (on social media); market share

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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deployment; spreading out; dispersal

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packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck

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behind one's back

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to bail out (water); to scoop out

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group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

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charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

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to lose sight of; to miss

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meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

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downcast look

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extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

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patient; unhurried; leisurely

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unworthy; unbecoming; improper

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smoothly; glidingly

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idea

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Golden hour (photography)

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

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body; body blow (in boxing)

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hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

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vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

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transparent; clear

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harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

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nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

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sense of reality

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unfortunately

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(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

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gambler; gamester

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glad countenance; joyful look

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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

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not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

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one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

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to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)

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