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to break the seal

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hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower

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card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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having said that; on the other hand

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi

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5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)

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card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)

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5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)

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continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

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rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)

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first generation; founder

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chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

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plan; arrangements

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autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

2

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

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gambling; competition; game (of chance)

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1-point card; junk card; plain card

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5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku

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addition; supplement; appending; appendix

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld); inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)

1

marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles

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one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)

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ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

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to cool down one's anger

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beginner

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to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers

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to differ depending on ...

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(flower) petal

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to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information

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watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

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Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)

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to clip; to snip

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(at the) window

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(brand-)new article

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

4

barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

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headless

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to get on a horse; to mount a horse

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

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camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

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to become excited; to grow lively

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plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap

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ignorance is bliss

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