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dinner

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sea turtle

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(Western) soup

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quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

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pie; tart

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wine

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gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure

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offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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taste; palate; sense of taste

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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embodiment

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

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faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

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you (plural)

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entreaty; supplication

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the heavens

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mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)

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division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision

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accomplishment; execution

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one's own property; possessions

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innocent; simple-minded

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best

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to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

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to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

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ant

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plant; vegetation

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

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above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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Gaston Bachelard

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rest; relief; relaxation

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to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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to state; to express; to mention

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to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

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to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

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Bachelard

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