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tomato sauce

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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Italian

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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to understand (each other); to comprehend

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

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fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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thickly; stickily; viscously

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soy sauce; shoyu

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obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

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lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

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to be flexible; to be accommodating

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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lump-sum payment

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bonus

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

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(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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spiritualism; idealism

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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guiltless; innocent

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to twist; to distort

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to sit on a seat

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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reigning; controlling; dictating

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

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to be hesitant; to feel timid

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to die; to expire

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the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

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school

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setting a bad example to others

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world; society; people; the public

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granted that; even if; even though

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temporary

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to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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