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wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)

2

vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant

1

ribbon

3

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

1

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

1

gift

1

thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

2

to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

1

time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

absence; non-attendance

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

4

full

1

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

1

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

(raw) material

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

abandoned building; derelict building

4

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

6

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

1

rubber band; elastic band

2

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

regular customer; valued client

1

good-natured

1

each house; every house; many houses

2

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

7

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

1

special radio or television programme; television special

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

falling of the curtain; coming to an end

1

to this extent; to this degree; this much

2

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1

to stretch (one's body)

6

have a happy New Year

3

changing clothes; change of clothes

5

to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated

1

fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)

1

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

2

darkness

1

to hold in one's mouth

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curious; strange; unusual

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

4