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porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles

8

pilgrimage; pilgrim

2

prayer (for something); supplication

1

bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart

1

price decline; fall in price

1

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1

corporate drone; corporate slave

3

apprentice; shop boy

1

the New Year begins; the New Year starts

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

1

darkness

8

anecdote

6

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

1

history of Japan; Japanese history

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

2

chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

3

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

1

obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day

13

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

6

White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day

7

to let one's guard down

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

9

claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection

2

repeated occurrence

3

end of work day; end of school term; end of school year

3

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

1

shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck

1

Chinese person

1

butterfly effect (chaos theory)

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

immature; childish

5

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down

1

parched or roasted beans (or soybeans)

13

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

5

traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)

8

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

1

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

1

turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference

1

your company; your shrine

1

favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction

1

picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

2

holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

1

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

1

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

4

(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

2

unable to resist; unable to suppress

2

ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun

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futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)

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