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bitter medicine

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moderate; proper; just right

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)

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table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

1

in the same way as; just like

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space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

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subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

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honey

2

fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)

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to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

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cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

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fruit

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three meals (a day)

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green; greenery; verdure

2

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

1

work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

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I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

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camber

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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quite; utterly; really; completely

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marriage proposal; courtship

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to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

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reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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to squeeze out; to wring out

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can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

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parfait (esp. layered)

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basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

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rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

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flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

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to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

5

vanilla

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romantic; spicy; coquettish

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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temple; monk

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

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bill (law); measure

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in great numbers

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extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

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exorcist (in fantasy, manga, games, etc.)

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take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

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temple (Buddhist)

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