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matter of chance; touch and go

2

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

10

reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)

3

oden made with hatcho miso

3

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

stew; hodgepodge

4

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

1

abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

1

the end (of); powder

1

all over town

1

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

4

taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

1

boiling (e.g. food)

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

brush

1

to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

1

eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall

2

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

1

to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together

3

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

2

large pot; cauldron

1

form of taro; yam

2

district; section; sector

1

counter for wheels and flowers

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

2

dried bonito shavings

1

carrier

1

new road

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

1

fixed opinion

1

counter for generations; epoch

1

warmed sake

1

high-class sake

1

each house; every house; many houses

1

taste; flavour; flavor

1

inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

1

rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu

1

Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

entry; approach; penetration

1

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

2

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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literary world; literary circles

5