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caressing; loving dearly

1

film critique

1

pretext; excuse

1

sliced steak

1

dish dressed with sesame sauce

1

third-rate actor

1

to break a dam; to burst out

1

Rie

8

sudden change; complete change

1

icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

1

handmade soba

1

packing; crating; packaging

1

imperial edict

1

cutback

1

Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)

1

Kiyoko

33

scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

1

Coppola; Coppora

1

Hitmaker (Sega studio)

1

jasmine tea

1

tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

1

parody

3

Stendhal

2

open-weight (unclassified) division (category)

1

roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

1

joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman

1

predisposition for love

2

cannot make a living

1

final manuscript

2

Haruka

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer

1

(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference

1

drama serial

6

next month's issue

1

winery

1

comparatively; quite; rather

1

cut-in

1

terraced rice fields

1

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

1

essay

3

by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately

1

stage directions

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

culture

1

drama serial

1

to be on the right track; to go well

1

eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

portrait

1