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family vacation; family trip

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traditional; customary; conventional

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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four-legged tray for festive food

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board

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Viking

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large plate; platter

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northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

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achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

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better; superior

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imitation; fake; sham

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somehow; for some reason (or other); why

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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shape up!; act properly!

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with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by

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to prolong one's life

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to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

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mangy cur; low animal; beast

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

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with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

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erosion; corrosion

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

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small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

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to jump up; to spring up

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stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; final desperate tactic

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aimless

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left foot; left leg

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right foot; right leg

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flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower

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comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable

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I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...

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to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

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at a loss for words; stumped for words

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something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

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minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

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revenge; retaliation

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude

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whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other

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incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

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doubling; double

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leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

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sisters

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to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

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to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

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