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Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita); Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)

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boneless pork rib; boned pork rib

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beef sinew; beef tendon

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Yagi

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Inuzuka

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Iida

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to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close

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state; country; nation

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valuable (object); negotiable (instrument)

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quickly; smoothly

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cold wave

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okonomiyaki restaurant

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cake flour; pastry flour

1

restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

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spindle

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fawn

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sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

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handling; manipulation

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tilde; wave dash

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pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

4

hee-hee; tee-hee

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

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to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)

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(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

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shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake

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some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

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faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep

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parental love or affection

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topping

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(traffic) congestion

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

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reputation; respectability

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being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

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lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

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lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

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shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

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to mix; to blend; to combine

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okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables

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bowl

2

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

2

mayonnaise

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choice; preference

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation

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