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home delivery (of food); outside catering

2

cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)

3

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

2

demonstration; parade; show of strength

1

appetite (for food)

8

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

in big gulps

1

throat

5

to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

1

gramophone; phonograph

2

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

2

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.

1

Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

10

waiting room

4

how many people; a number of people

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up

2

paying one's own way

1

flat broke; cleaned out; penniless

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

sugared red beans

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

2

notebook; exercise book

2

to survive; to live long

1

parting; farewell

4

desperately; recklessly; rush headlong

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

22

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

1

dreamer; daydreamer; visionary

1

Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas

4

market; fair

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

4

etiquette; good manners

2

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

2

(very) patient; persevering

1

Italy

1

incense

1

negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands

1

(period of) one year

3

getting an advance; loan

5

100 yen

3

explosion; rupture; break off

1