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rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

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miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

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viscera; bowels

1

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

6

Meiō era (1492.7.19-1501.2.29)

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in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple

1

cookbook

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

4

melon cucumber

2

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

12

melon; gourd

7

dried sea slug

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abalone; ear shell

13

menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

8

cake served with tea; snack; offering or gift given at Buddhist services; light meal taken before breakfast by farmers

2

modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

1

dessert; desert

1

sum total; total amount

3

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

1

bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

7

to remain; to be left

6

visitor; caller

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

2

real name

1

containing; keeping; comprehending; entertaining (an idea)

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

3

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

1

various; many; several

4

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

4

meeting place; seats for the public; restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet

1

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

6

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

5

Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

16

chill; shakes; ague

2

broth made of fish and vegetables

8

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

6

pair; two kinds; two ways

1

cultural sphere

4

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

Ainu people; the Ainu

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

6

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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although I say; although one might say; although called

5

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle

1

tendency; trend; inclination

4

Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

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