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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

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year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

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hot line; hotline

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being on duty; person on duty

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New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

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trip; excursion; outing

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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Hakone Shrine

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first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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sigh; long breath

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feeding (animals); provisioning

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fur

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food

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muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer

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defense; defence; defensive preparations

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to be thickly clad

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

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harming one's image; worsening of one's image

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

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mitten

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god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

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satisfactory; decent

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hateful; detestable; loathsome

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willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

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to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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to like; to love; to be fond of

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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homecoming; returning home

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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oh, yes?; really?

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

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guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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looking down

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Hamamatsu (city)

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

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pressure

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