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branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business

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from the beginning

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(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji

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alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

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to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

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standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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crêpe

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cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

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to draw lots

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Clackers

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proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

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distinctive; characteristic

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in search of; in order to look for

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

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light brown; tawny

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weed

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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snow; snowfall

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to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out

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hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

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tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

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intelligence; intellect; brains

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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monster cat; cat with magical powers

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was

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nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai; giant beast that inhabits the mountains

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longevity; long life

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good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal

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(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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orange tabby (cat)

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to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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twitching

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it seems that; as if

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idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

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cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar

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a bit lower (of price)

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ten times

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