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Nonoyama

1

person who gives the right (correct) answer

1

ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

1

to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish

1

gift; souvenir

1

more than one can eat

1

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

3

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

3

Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)

1

overture; prelude

1

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

9

certainly; by all means

1

dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste

1

sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu

1

enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes

1

see you next week

2

Kagawa (prefecture)

1

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

1

integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

1

shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

2

generations; ages; years

1

to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

1

long life; longevity

1

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

1

to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state

1

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

1

just kidding; Not!

1

zero; nought

1

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

1

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

1

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

for example

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

prize; trophy

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

2

hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer

1

murderer

1

first name; given name

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

military commander

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

2