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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

1

Happy New Year

1

year of the Dog

1

leaving everything up to someone else

1

itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

1

New Year's greetings

2

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

4

both mother and child

1

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

1

character written by brush; brush-stroke character

1

A Happy New Year!

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

2

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

joint signature

1

sender

2

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

the old year; last year

1

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

1

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

1

(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

1

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

2

Arata

1

Daisaku

1

long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse

2

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

1

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

2

pounding mochi

1

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

(rocky) beach; seashore

1

hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

1

kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

2

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

1

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

1

one shō bottle (1.8 litres)

3

the matter you have been talking about

1

New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

2

beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

3

to write a novel

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

1

handwriting analysis

4

seizure; confiscation

4

second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel

2

to check; to compare

4