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to serve; to work for; to attend

1

to pray; to wish

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

1

to become better; to improve

1

desire; wish; aspiration

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan

1

continuation; succession; series

1

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

1

mango (Mangifera indica)

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great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam

1

bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea

1

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

1

rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting

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various articles

1

lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)

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unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

2

adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

1

beginning of spring

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to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings

1

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

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to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

goldfish bowl

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take-out; take-away; carry-out

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astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

2

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

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to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

dress; outfit

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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surrounding at a distance

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back of head

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to give an impression; to make an impression

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

practical question (problem); practical matter

1

to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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small scale production model kit (e.g. for figurines)

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no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

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to work hard; to work diligently

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homecoming; return to one's home

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grandpa; granddad

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