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well; in good health; safe; free from accident

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exaggeration

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face value; par

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cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)

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leisure

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passenger boat

1

trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

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something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

2

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

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10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

national holiday; public holiday

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Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday celebrated by honoring ancestors and remembering the deceased; September 22, 23 or 24)

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

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fireworks display; display of fireworks

6

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering

3

bay; gulf; inlet

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admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

2

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

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front entrance; front door

2

yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe

5

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

3

taking measurements

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taking a commemorative photo

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retainer; attendant; escort

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painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

2

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

3

familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance

1

relaxing; relaxation

2

white fish; fish with white flesh

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to be deep fried; to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings); to stand out; to be striking

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clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

3

bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

4

moment; brief space of time

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attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

6

this much; this amount

3

skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

2

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

2

smoke; smoked (salmon, cheese, etc.); tinted (glass, film)

2

open fire (in cooking); open flame; direct heat

1

overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe

2

open sea; Okinawa

3

uncivilized indigenes

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tamaya! (word shouted when viewing fireworks)

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

3

rebellious; defiant

3

punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)

1

woah

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