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light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

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screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

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persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

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fast approach; quick intimacy

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to start; to begin; to commence

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knife; pointed carver

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red-horned demon; red ogre

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eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead

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to backfire; to have a harmful result

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character

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depreciation; decline; fall; slump

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bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

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to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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lead colour; lead color

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happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence

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faint; swoon

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dressing down; dressing casually

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skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

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peak; peek

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to freeze to death; to die of cold

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body and soul; mind and body

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to become rounded; to roll into a ball

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

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no matter how much time passes

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shut up!; be quiet!

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slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

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perfect; perfection; perfect game

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transcendence; excellence; superiority

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one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends

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reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

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amateur

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore

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leavings; leftovers

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helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

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young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)

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to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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characteristic

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end-of-year

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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to yearn for; to be in love with

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