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eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

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northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)

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horticulture; gardening

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western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant

2

in perfect form; going swimmingly

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at; in; on

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line; row; rank; list

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at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

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safety; welfare; well-being

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Olympics

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nightcap; a drink before sleeping

2

to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense

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for personal use

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appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

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to kick to death

2

putrid smell of a corpse

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

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sauna

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fishing; collecting shells; fisherman

3

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

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what happens twice will happen thrice

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spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

2

water pistol; squirt gun; water gun

3

to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

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sludge; slime; chemical ooze

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half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare

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ricochet

3

scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling

1

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

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heavy drinker

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spots; speckles; mottles

2

coarse; rough

1

spirituality; spiritual nature

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sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf

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to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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do-or-die game; crucial contest

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to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

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hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

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raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

2

to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

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just; right; pure; genuine; truth

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pearl

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to mellow; to become softened by maturity

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active volcano

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magma

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to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many

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behavioral pattern

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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