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to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

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ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy

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to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

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outer wall

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station building

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(chemical) body warmer; heat pad; hand warmer

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massage; rub; squeezing

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to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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in the same way as; just like

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close to the ear

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sea breeze; beach wind

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spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

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whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

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to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

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chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

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cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

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on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

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rumba

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to dance in ecstasy

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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Cairo

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companion; partner; spouse

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great majority

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

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increased volume or quantity

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; 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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gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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due form; official; formality

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time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

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hereabouts; around here

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protection; repellent

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in succession; one by one

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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to talk; to carry meaning

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monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

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to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

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