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blue; sad; down (in the dumps)

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Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)

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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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lodging together; training camp; boarding house

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being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

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mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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homecoming; return to one's home

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same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin

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display and sale of new products

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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mixed bathing

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visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

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every year; yearly; annually

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having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

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first half

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travel expenses

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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(town) market; (street) market; marketplace

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with a thud

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dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

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last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

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breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem

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staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

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production; manufacture

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to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die

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forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining

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kitchen

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lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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putting off; postponing

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look; glance; (at first) sight

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imitating by watching; mimicking what one has seen

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis

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hot water; hot bath

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to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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to try to do; to attempt to do

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astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

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after a meal

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kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

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