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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

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Shinto shrine

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first shrine visit of New Year

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under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

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migration; immigration

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network

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formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

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to achieve success

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year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

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temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

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to leave the company

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office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

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salary; wages; pay

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to relax; to make oneself comfortable

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losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

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that's true; of course; obviously

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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pain; agony; bitterness

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Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon

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ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

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sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake

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funeral

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marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

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desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage

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banquet or reception hall

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each; (arch.) you (plural)

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's house; 's home

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

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bow; bowing

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to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

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will not do; do not; does not

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though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

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sleepy; drowsy

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from now on; hereafter

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to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th); traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

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