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lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering

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meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

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looking great with makeup

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road traffic

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senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

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to boil or simmer

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desert

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speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost

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to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

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Japanese person

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ex-wife; former wife

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broth

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sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

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vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce

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washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)

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salty-sweet

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to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through

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exorcism rite; purification

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isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case

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thin slice; slicing thin

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cooking class; cookery school

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living by oneself; living alone

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bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

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as you see; as you can see

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slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

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going home from work; on the way home from work

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one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

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woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

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washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

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pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

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second (in a series)

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

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more than usual; especially; particularly

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glossy; bright; slick

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leaving early

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way of eating; how to eat

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rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

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something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

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to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

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what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

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manners; behavior; behaviour

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drinking party; get-together

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to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

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novel; original; new; innovative

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beach; foreshore

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to wash away; to rinse off

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to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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Friday

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