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to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

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to poke; to push

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puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

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continuing one's education into university

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to be transparent; to leave a gap

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

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two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional

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unless (you do something)

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rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

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25th day of the month; 25 days

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Jesus Christ

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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

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25; twenty five

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Council of Nicaea

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Roman Empire

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Mithraism

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Greenland

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Santa Claus

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association; society; organization; organisation

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headquarters; head office; main office

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Copenhagen (Denmark)

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this and that; various things

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Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

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head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

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Yule; Christmas period

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Germanic race; Germanic peoples

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Santa; Santa Claus

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)

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one's mind

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straw raincoat

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to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

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Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

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English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere

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custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

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to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

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Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito

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citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. September 22, falling between Respect the Elderly Day and the Autumn Equinox Holiday)

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Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

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sales battle; business competition

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base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

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evergreen tree; (an) evergreen

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model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

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decoration; ornament; trimmings

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New Year's pine decoration

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)

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