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along

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boiled and half-dried bonito

1

one house; the same house

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

3

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

toddling; taking tottering steps

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

1

landing

2

almost; roughly; approximately

2

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

4

Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

pink lady

2

enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad

2

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

eyelid

1

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

3

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

2

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

1

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

1

Candies (group)

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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

first shrine visit of New Year

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Meiji Shrine

2

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

every year; yearly; annually

5

no, not like that (but like this)

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

1

street at night; making a night journey

1

pedestrian traffic

1

to be thickly clad

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padded kimono

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to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise

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side stepping; sidling

1

to breathe out; to exhale

1

electric light

2

extremely; very much

1

manyfold

1

road approaching a shrine

2

street stall; stand; booth

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2