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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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Masafumi

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)

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amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

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first place

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classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics

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first; new

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brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed

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song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

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lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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English (language)

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words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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feeling; sense; impression

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outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

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one's skill as a singer

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coupled with; together

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sympathy; empathy; response

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translated poem

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Arai Man (1946.5-)

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go that far; to that extent

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way of thinking

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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background music; BGM

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overlap

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isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

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near oneself; close to one; familiar

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Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

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Ooyukanjouresseki

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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living space

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to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

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nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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garbage dump; dump site

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

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how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

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