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to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

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process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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mantou; (Chinese) steamed bun

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Zen (Buddhism)

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

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sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

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steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling

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manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

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anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste

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to look at the long term

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relative; relation; kin

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to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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copyright

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adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

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reddish

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purchase; buy

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reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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sashimi with skin still attached

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trial and error

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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feelings of guilt

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comparatively; relatively

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to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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baking powder

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going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

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fermentation; zymosis

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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

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calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off

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to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

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company secret; industrial secret; trade secret

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secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

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once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

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painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

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climax; peak; zenith; apex

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number of times; frequency; count

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