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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

5

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

2

pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

1

baking soda; sodium bicarbonate

2

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored

3

(Western) soup

4

chicken broth; chicken soup

1

soy sauce; shoyu

1

to flavor; to flavour; to season

1

roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

1

pork

1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

2

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

1

low-calorie

1

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

2

minced meat; ground meat

1

study; research; investigation

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

4

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

in the hospital; hospitalized

1

patient

2

madonna

1

half in fun

1

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

1

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

3

to tell a lie; to fib

2

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

1

not so

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

to pep up; to cheer up

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merely for form's sake

1

to affix a seal

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

3

willpower; energy; vitality

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

therapy

2

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

excuse; pretext

1

independence; self-reliance

4

like this; in this way; as you see

3

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

1

ambulance

2