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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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so to speak

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tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

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just a minute; small quantity

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trauma (usu. psychological)

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cause; origin; source

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(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

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experience

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practice; practising; experience

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

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both arms

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crowd of people

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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five; 5

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personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance

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café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

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to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

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guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook

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tourist

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fumbling; groping

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restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

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mulled wine

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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steam; vapour; vapor

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Santa; Santa Claus

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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red wine

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being dead drunk; drunken stupor

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to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

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sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

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-years-old

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drinking alcohol

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network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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as a child; when one was a child

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... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

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free (of charge); gratuitous

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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bitter

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grape juice

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to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to

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to wrap up

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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