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

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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"minor snow" solar term (approx. November 22)

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daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

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light snow

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participant; entrant; player; competitor

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prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed

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(tools and) equipment

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getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

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pasha (honorary title); click (of a camera shutter)

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Polaroid camera; instant camera

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distribution

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Labor Standards Act

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public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

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Kōtarō

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predecessor

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security department (of a police force); security bureau; security division

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Public Security Intelligence Agency

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for

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pill; lozenge; tablet

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to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

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inspiration

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drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs

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reading

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another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside

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unprecedented; record-breaking

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seller; selling agency; sales agent

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scarlet sage (Salvia splendens); red salvia

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wearing one's hair in braids

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society president

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grandchild

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fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

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information management

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floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

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candidate; applicant

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to smell; to sense

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primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)

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under the orders of; by order (command)

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younger sister

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re-erection; rebuilding

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medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist

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how many pieces

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prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

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for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

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private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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Frith

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this (is) again; really; so; extremely

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counter for countries

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