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restaurant with long lines

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chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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edgy; avant-garde

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adding water; dilution with water

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branch store; branch of a firm

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soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce

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by your leave; with your permission

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frizz; kink; crimp; curls (hair, noodles, leaves, etc.)

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whole wheat flour

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Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup

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egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade

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bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

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limited quantity

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

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pineapple; pine

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stone mortar; millstone; quern

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queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt

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green bamboo

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

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turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point

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Mongolia

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once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

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founder (of a company)

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well-known store

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roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

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inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn

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to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount

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look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

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beautiful maiden; beauty

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marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

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deep emotion; being filled with emotion

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originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)

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manner of eating

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domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country

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mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit

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making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands

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worthy of special mention

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thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly

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to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

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sleeping bag

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plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap

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blend

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

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vibrator

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