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Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

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decoration; ornament; trimmings

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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tasting; sampling

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good grief

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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ah; oh; hey!

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panda

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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how; in what way; how about

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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tomorrow; near future

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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godsend; windfall

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side of well

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field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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summer

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festival; feast; carnival

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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God; god; ace; king; superior person

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to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

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to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

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Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

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isn't that right?

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