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coming-of-age ceremony

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intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

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long-sleeved kimono

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full-length mirror

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white background; blank; female virgin

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red (color, colour)

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pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)

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dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

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dark green

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forget-me-not blue

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employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

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Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)

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blue

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decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

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decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper; Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme

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design

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turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)

3

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

3

retreating figure; appearance from behind

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2

knot

2

flat; even; level

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nose

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

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to cling to; to embrace

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

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to cling

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hasty; impatient; restless; rash

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pelican crossing; pedestrian light controlled crossing; push-button activated pedestrian crossing; push-button operated

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signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

1

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

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repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)

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17; seventeen

3

half past (the hour)

4

exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

hi; good day

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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delivery

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evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

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to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

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