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about noon

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day after day; every day

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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water temperature

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

1

summer festival; summer matsuri

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cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

1

something (or other)

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sunscreen; sunblock; sun cream; suntan lotion

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

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to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

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arrival

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very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)

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to work without sleep or rest

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best; ideal; perfect

1

making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition

2

clear; precise; definite; distinct

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last year

3

to grow taller (of people)

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height (of a person); stature

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T-shirt; tee shirt

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bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

3

doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

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spinal reflex

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talk; chat

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

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cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

1

careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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being too late; losing one's final chance

2

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

2

even now; still; as yet

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appointment

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departure; leaving; setting off

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now that you say that; now that you mention it

2

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

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opening of the beachgoing season

2

both arms

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to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

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scattered; separated; dispersed

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to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted

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to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

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