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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

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to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

1

play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

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bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

6

to establish; to formulate

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

3

condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice

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wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

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wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

2

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

3

chopsticks made of cedar

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way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

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original intention; initial resolution

2

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

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mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)

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zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

2

entanglement; clinging affection; involvement

2

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

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earnestly; immediately; exactly

1

Arkhimedes

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bulk; volume; quantity

1

eight-tenths

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a fourth; quarter

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

2

windpipe

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both eyes

4

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

3

counter for drops of liquid

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outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

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outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

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to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

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enthusiastic praise

2

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

2

to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

1

hat; cap

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dust; one ten-billionth

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dust

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august visit; arrival

2

the people; the public

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right kidney

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shy face

4

to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

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calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably

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finishing writing; completion of a manuscript

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long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

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