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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

5

each other; one another

2

firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

1

beckoning

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

2

tail (animal); tail end; tip

29

being entrusted with; taking charge of

1

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

9

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

2

side

3

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

2

close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing

2

to embrace

2

heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold

1

to be thickly clad

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

2

god of death; death deity; Death

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

snowfall; snow

1

snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants

3

death from cold; freezing to death

4

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

flight deck

1

warm; mild; genial

2

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

13

air temperature

2

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

5

climate

3

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

2

cloud

4

snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

4

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

3

(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

1

playing in the snow

1

snowball fight

1

snowman

11

default

3

mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

3

still; as yet; as it has been

1

out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice

1

shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

2

shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

1

Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

5

sake; Japanese rice wine

1

beer

1

exception; exclusion

1