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home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet

1

bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)

1

efficient

1

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

1

fan heater

1

bursting with juice; oozing with savory juices (esp. when bitten); with a gloss (e.g. makeup); with shine; sleekily

1

fry pan; frying pan

1

daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar

1

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

1

14th day of the month; 14 days

1

Valentine's Day

1

memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

3

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

1

light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing

1

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

1

grounds (of tea and coffee)

1

(small crunchy) dried sardines

4

setting a place; setting the table

1

chocolate

1

goods on the market

1

(husband and wife) both working; dual income

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

3

gloomy

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

nutriment; wholesome; savoriness; savouriness; rich food; nourishment

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

1

to be pleased with; to suit

1

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

1

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

1

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

to sell out; to sell off

1

return; coming back

1

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

9

decoration; ornament; trimmings

5

rainfall; rainy weather; rain; rainy; wet

1

seasonal rain front

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

1

miraculous

1

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

2

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

1

probability; likelihood; chances

1

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

1

waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute

1

Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

2

sōmen; fine white noodles

2