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New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

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motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

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powder snow; powdery snow

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falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

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stock; ski pole

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width of a river

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clean; pure; chaste

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yellow

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; downhill (skiing race)

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correspondence; exchange of letters

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foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

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to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

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to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

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glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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thus; in this way

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gently; airily; fluffily

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grey; gray; ashen

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sky; air; mid-air

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to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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facing upward

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Monday

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Tuesday

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snow woman

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(a) few; some; several

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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HMS Kandahar (F28)

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seventh day of the month; seven days

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double-glazed window; double window; storm window

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coal

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twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

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(hand) knitting

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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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pressed flower

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

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ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

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vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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