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hit parade

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sad; lonesome; desolate

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Machiko

8

Morino

2

removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)

2

cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat

2

rice bran

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graffiti

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burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men

1

piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl

2

still object; object at rest; still life (painting, drawing)

2

sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste

1

over the top; thickly; heavily; richly

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sweet vinegar

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creamy (in flavor or texture)

1

theme song

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pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked

1

criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

1

signature phrase; signature saying

2

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

5

shooting up one after another

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cooking

1

to fetch; to go and get

1

crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight

1

becoming numb; becoming desensitized

1

no!; don't!; tsk!

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

salty-sweet

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tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team

1

thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

3

feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

1

thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

1

see you next week

2

astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style

1

bamboo shoot

15

half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe

4

aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food

1

breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball

2

I've got to be going; I must go

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

15

falsely similar; counterfeit

1

to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

1

one digit; one column; the "ones" column

1

completely; fully; entirely

1

Kansai dialect

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national holiday; public holiday

1

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1