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traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

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to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect

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spear hand

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container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

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to tear; to rip

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

5

plants; vegetation

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to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit

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saltiness

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to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

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one drop (of fluid)

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itself; himself; herself

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to tear off

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piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

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(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

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asking oneself

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obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

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assistance; backing; reinforcements

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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from the beginning; from scratch

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to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

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Felidae (family comprising the cats)

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(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

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to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

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the person in question; the person themselves; said person

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many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

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to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

3

barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band

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falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin

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seven

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comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage

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to burn out

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to spread (flames)

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to shake and untangle; to shake free from

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to break down crying

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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cuff; armhole

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miracle; wonder; marvel

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

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idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

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flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

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notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

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copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

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