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life

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early stage

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sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author

1

success; hit

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

3

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)

1

one hour

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to be sold out

2

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

printed matter

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

2

every week

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Friday

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year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

2

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

hell

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loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop

1

(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele

1

next spring

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certain; sure; doubtless

1

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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a bit more; a bit longer

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to happen to pass by

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to pamper; to spoil

3

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

(doing the) ironing

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

corridor; hallway; passageway

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

secret technique; secret art

1

gift; souvenir

7

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

to be infected; to be contagious

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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