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cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets

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congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

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starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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line; queue; procession; matrix

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bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment

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fast pace; quick pace

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end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

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innocent; simple-minded

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beckoning

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to worry; to fret; to be anxious

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waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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this year

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sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac

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to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

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both; (not) either

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

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to be filled to bursting; to burst

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

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charm; amulet

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(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil

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type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

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to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

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Island; insula; island; islet

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

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bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

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acquaintance; friend; familiar face

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

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uncle

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motel; drive-in love hotel

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problematical statement; controversial statement

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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cleaner; wiper; eraser; cleaning; wiping; polishing

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

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entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

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television program; TV program

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fashion

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a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

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heavy drinking

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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