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Proverb
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
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lost decade (esp. of Japan, 1992-2002); decade of economic stagnation
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unusually (compared to a typical year)
Examples
この冬は例年になく雪が多かった。
We have had more snow than usual this winter.
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fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)