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dried ginger root (trad. medicine)

1

chick; chicken

2

broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish

3

out-of-order

1

person from the Kansai region

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

1

evening meal; dinner; supper

1

being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks

1

preserved food boiled in soy

1

strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain

1

fried dish

5

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

9

arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)

2

associate professor

2

carbohydrate

3

edamame (green soybeans)

1

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

1

(study of) history

1

to warm; to heat

1

school inter-class ball-game competition

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

1

bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

1

Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)

2

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

new (musical) composition; new piece; new song

1

concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

1

dinner; evening meal

1

to bail out (water); to scoop out

1

great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

1

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

1

female university student; female college student

1

season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh

1

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

1

delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

1

indirection; indirectness

1

psychology

1

coarse; rough

1

fortune; luck

1

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

2

study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine

1

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

1

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

2