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precisely because

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desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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

1

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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soccer; seersucker

2

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

2

diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted

2

osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

4

modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

1

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

1

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

more than one can eat

2

pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

economic fortune; luck with money

1

golden (colour, color)

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mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

lotus root

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

2

long life; longevity

1

to pray; to wish

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

3

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank

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sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

spaghetti

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chewing gum; gum; rubber

4

to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box

3

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

1

sense of accomplishment

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to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1