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official announcement; proclamation

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Shiga (prefecture)

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children's home; child care institution; orphanage

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meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

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whole face; all over one's face

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shade; shadow

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

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3rd day of the month; three days

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ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

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wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

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clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

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opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

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stickily; relentlessly

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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quarrel; dispute; argument

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23rd day of the month; 23 days

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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end-of-year; year-end

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beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

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dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

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public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

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mass communication; mass media

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notice; attention; observation

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to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

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elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

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dancing; dance

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around the world; throughout the world

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charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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to wear glasses; to put on glasses

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light blue; pale blue; aqua

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small car; compact car

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

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drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

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private airplane; private jet

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Hawaii; Hawai'i

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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holidays; vacation

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

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to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)

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regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

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engine

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stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

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