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the very picture of ...

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tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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beer

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank

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half-roasted; half-baked; rare

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chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

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greasy; fatty; oily

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spice

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this sort of

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plain; plane

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

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fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron

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one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

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to drink too much

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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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stopping one night

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salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday

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cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

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grandiose; exaggerated

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Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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cause; origin; source

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salt; salt content

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ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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cough; ahem

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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seawater; saltwater

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salty sea breeze; salt wind

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

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water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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strong; intense; severe

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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melanin

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pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant

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change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

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light brown; tawny

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chlorine (Cl)

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foreign matter; impurities

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to be dried out; to be parched

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these

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cuticle

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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