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good performance; good work; great success

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

2

sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)

1

upturned eyes

2

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

1

recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

4

reskilling; improving one's skills

1

partner

1

morning; forenoon; just before noon

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

5

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

3

first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

1

feminine handwriting; woman's hand

1

Christmas Eve

2

to overeat

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

1

facing upward

1

supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

2

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

schedule

1

winter vacation; winter holidays

4

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

2

every year; yearly; annually

4

established practice; custom

2

school event

5

grocer; grocery store

1

restaurant

2

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

the relation of master to servant

6

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

2

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

2

huge rock; firmness; solidity

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)

1

16; sixteen

2

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

Christmas party

1

profit

1

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

2

special make; deluxe

1

bingo

1

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

1

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

donation; contribution; offering

2

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

Santa; Santa Claus

1

Santa Claus

2

bold; daring; audacious

2