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

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lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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children; kids

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anecdote; brief (comic) story

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stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

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healthy; sound; wholesome

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labor; labour; toil; hardship

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pen

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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rational; reasonable; logical

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the person in question; the person themselves; said person

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having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

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to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

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tragic

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gradually; day by day; every day; each day

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diligent; hard-working; industrious

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to take (be in) charge of

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to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

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ability; faculty

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secure; solid; stable

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to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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secure; reassuring

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teacher; instructor

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another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

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to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

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to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by

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professional

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production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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to work diligently

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academic background; academic credentials; academic record

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study of foreign languages; linguistics

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manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

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to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called

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500; five hundred; many

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counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

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to compare

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dividing into four; quartering

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energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

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to be bad for health; to affect one's health

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heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

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to moan; to groan

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ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

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miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

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New Year

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meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

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sunrise

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