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juice; sap; soup; broth

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funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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gold leaf; beaten gold

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entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

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unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

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to relax; to feel at home

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side dish

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nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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sea squirt; ascidian

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sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

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abalone; ear shell

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daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel

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common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

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small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus); Japanese blue crab

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pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)

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Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass

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skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

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sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

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great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

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tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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food; foodstuff; prey; victim

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

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to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

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personage; person (deserving of respect)

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original idea; originality

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enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

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region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)

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one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

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

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

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proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation

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peach (Prunus persica)

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loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar

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acidic drink made from fermented milk (cow, sheep, mare; one of the five flavors in Buddhism)

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ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana

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