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going on a pleasure jaunt

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival

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none

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

1

to be breathtaking; to be stifling

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congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

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by any means (possible); somehow

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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certainly; surely

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last week; the week before

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boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

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landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

2

calligraphy

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to begin to attend (e.g. school)

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

3

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

Sunday

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to take a shower

2

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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to shave

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kitchen

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coffee maker

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo

2

freezer

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

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toaster

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

timer; clock register

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eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

absence; disregard; indifference

4

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

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job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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one's parents' home

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finding employment; getting a job

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

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to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

3

coffee cup

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one hand

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(at the) window

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