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to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

1

switch

2

to fit in

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

end-of-year

4

New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

4

thirtieth day of the month; thirty days

1

flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)

1

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

going to and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

New Year's Eve; December 31

4

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

1

entry in family register

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

3

to make a profit

1

total loss

1

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

1

every year; yearly; annually

7

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

three years

2

all present; all concerned; all of us

1

large chorus

1

distant

2

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

2

we

2

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

to be able to eat; to be able to swallow

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

both elbows

3

slightly cloudy

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net

1

plastic bag

2

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

10

digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger

6

excursion; outing; trip

3

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

long time

1

farmwork

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1