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mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

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(for) how many days; what day (of the month)

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to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around

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whitish

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elementary, junior high and high school

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clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

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alternating; taking turns

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unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune

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with a wriggle; in a slithering motion; in a squiggle; with a spurt

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permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

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entrance fee; participation cost

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sugar

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

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first challenge; first try

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to send each other

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I have nothing to do with it

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place to stand

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empty box

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

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just managing; with great difficulty

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holding hands with fingers interlocked

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chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)

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first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

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(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

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to begrudge doing; to find bothersome

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hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

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to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

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to pass each other; to cross paths

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anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; (lit.) clothes on a packhorse driver

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earlobe

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carpaccio

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to work hard at one's lessons

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to talk to oneself; to mutter

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Happy New Year

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ginger (Zingiber officinale)

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race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku

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age; period; era

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night watch; fire watchman

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banana peel; banana skin

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(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

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spot (where one was hit)

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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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haughty; holding one's head high

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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ophthalmology

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tourist information (brochure, map, center)

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acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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childcare worker; kindergarten teacher

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D'Arrast; Dara

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stray dog

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