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New Year's Eve; end of the year

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just before

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to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

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lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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chaps; skin fissure

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glass window

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repair; mending

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completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow

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to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

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embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

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exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

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chimes; toll of a bell

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time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

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Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

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carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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length of one's stay

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special case; exception

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certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams

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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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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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to give a reason

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

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vitality; (one's) life force

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harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest

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parasitism

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miscreant; scoundrel; villain

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

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impossible to do (although wants to)

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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room; apartment; flat

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to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move

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to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

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painful experience

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shamelessly; brazenly

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to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

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employee; servant

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

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