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three days and three nights

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extravagance; luxury

1

to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

1

festival

2

spirit; heart; disposition

5

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

5

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

2

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

9

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is

2

cost; expense

4

managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising

3

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

2

extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

3

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

1

pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused

1

fermentation; zymosis

4

Sweden

1

best in the world

3

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

3

hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles

1

business; trade; operations; sales

1

track and field club

21

member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities

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teammate

1

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

1

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

3

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

2

Spanish (language)

1

Spain

1

gateway to success

1

profound; deep

1

mono

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

3

(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

1

crucian carp (Carassius spp.)

4

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

lake

1

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

5

river fish; freshwater fish

2

home area; home town; local

8

Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)

2

local specialty; special product (of a region)

1

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

2

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

for use as food; edible

1