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(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

2

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

lucky; fortunate

1

forevermore; for eternity

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

unlucky

1

activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

2

origin; beginning

1

five-toed socks

4

New Year's card

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

etiquette; courtesy

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

correspondence; news; letter; tidings

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

intervention

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

2

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

to put an end (to); to close the books (on)

1

following year

2

two years later; year after next

1

sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

1

recent years

1

empty (useless) formalities

1

greeting card

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

2

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

2

New Year's Week (festivities)

1

winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season

1

first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

1

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy

2

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

vernal equinox; spring equinox

1

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

1

thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season

1

somehow; for some reason or other

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

1

layout

1

stationery shop; a stationer

1

paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label

3

in mourning

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