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established practice; custom

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pounding mochi

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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neighbors; neighbours

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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Christmas

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chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

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

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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freshly pounded (rice cake)

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

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to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

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flattening

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linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour

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red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding

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shout; yell; scream

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heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

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pounding mochi

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

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seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi

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kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour

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sugar

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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scarce; rare

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to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

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big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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throat; singing voice

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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one's share; one's portion

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to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

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since; this person

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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not eating enough; unsatisfied; dissatisfied with; leaving something to be desired

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

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