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Minowachō

1

Nanako

1

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

1

dealer; east player

2

daddy's girl; daddy's boy

1

divorce rate

1

alopecia areata; spot baldness

1

irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

1

pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise

1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

1

Thai food

1

Mikako

5

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

Chinese-style hot pot

1

local beer; microbrew

1

physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker

1

Kanoko

9

bistro

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)

1

mala (spicy and numbing flavor)

1

burden reduction; alleviation of a burden

1

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

1

don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday

1

two guilty parties tried and punished together

1

Ryouko

5

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

1

original stock

8

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

2

motherless family

2

night watch; night watchman

2

school affairs; religious affairs

1

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

1

cause; origin

2

refined sake

1

parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day

13

newly constructed shrine

10

sexual discrimination; sexism

1

super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)

1

pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers

1

enquiry; inquiry

1

my personal (e.g. opinion)

1

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

2

shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)

1

mustard

1

(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

1

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

1

violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against

1

fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)

10

one parent; single parent

1