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hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso

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last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

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amplitude

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(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

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standing out from the crowd; dominating; rising abruptly; towering high

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mining

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to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer

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to get a laugh

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entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs

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to draw near

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chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

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the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

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comedian; comic

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operating table

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

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in terms of; from the point of view of

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certainly; by all means

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nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

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play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

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representative

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no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

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bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

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larva; grub; maggot

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clientele; customer stratum

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

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ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say

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and; thereupon; because of that

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soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

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orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing

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thirtieth day of the month; thirty days

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

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Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

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

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intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

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from the beginning

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shut up!; be quiet!

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each; (arch.) you (plural)

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ready consent

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to begin to appear; to begin to come in

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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vacuum; hollow; empty

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to pull up; to haul up

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that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

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to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

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tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

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