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draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank

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unpadded kimono; 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

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the reverse; other side; lining

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flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis depressa); pancake devilfish

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left ear

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Shinsui Park

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small; little; fine; pebble

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to be hesitant; to feel timid

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toolbox

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two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

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pliers

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chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants

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to be hesitant; to feel timid

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vise; jack; vice; immorality; vice-

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river fishing

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate

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to brush gently; to stroke; to caress

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seeming happy

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Shigenobu

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first stage of sleep

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whetstone; grindstone

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(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel

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sea fishing

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warm; mild; genial

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.); grinding noise; precisely; correctly (e.g. when working, etc.); acrida cinerea; oriental longheaded locust

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to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

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to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

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transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

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to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture

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backscratcher

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present; gift

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Buddhism; Buddhist teachings

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to date; as of now

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oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer

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to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

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desert

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every day

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skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

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catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish

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came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)

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to spread; to be propagated

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap

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now that you say that; now that you mention it

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Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

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feeling one gets from listening to something

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