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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

5

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

2

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns

1

annual function; annual event

1

leisure; leisure time; spare time

1

rhythm

1

to let die

2

self-supply; self-sufficiency; producing for oneself; providing for oneself

1

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

nothing but; none other than

1

catharsis

1

to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed

3

phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.

1

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

4

fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit

1

speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech

1

gesture; sign; hand signal

1

disappointment; despair

4

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

2

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

missing someone; loathing to part

1

yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman

1

nurarihyon; elusive ghost resembling an old man with an elongated head

1

appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

2

to haul in hand over hand

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

2

crowd of people

1

shyness; bashfulness

1

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

1

shabby; unsightly; unkempt

1

very hungry; starving; ravenous

2

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1

to be sold out

1

passing (along the way)

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

2

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

1

to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent

1

to close down a business; to shut a business

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

last spurt; final spurt; home stretch

3

better; preferable

1

best

1

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

1

the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

1

bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment

1

to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

1

stomach acid that flows backwards into the mouth (due to acid reflux)

1

reagent

1

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

1