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end; close; finish; termination

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bolt from the blue; great surprise

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market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

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appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

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baggage

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scorpionfish; marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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rice shop; rice dealer

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flattened rice cakes

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worry; anxiety; concern

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noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play

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to play it safe

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to fall into ruin; to be desolated

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beer bottle

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lasagna; lasagne

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powder snow; powdery snow

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meat sauce; Bolognese sauce

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thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting

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care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude

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blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

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large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

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to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

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news programme; news program

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special radio or television programme; television special

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spot news

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end; break

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sense of responsibility

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nowhere

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to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

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ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

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forgetting the hardships of the old year; forgetting one another's age difference

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custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

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soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

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deep-fried food

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open kitchen

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

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beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf

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with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

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with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

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sake cup

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sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

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to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in

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