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United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

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tradition; convention

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porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake

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polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

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as if it weren't already enough

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line; queue; procession; matrix

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

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toast

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table

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we; us

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all right; very well; okay; I got it

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evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

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supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

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itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

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unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

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deep-fried gyoza

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ellipse; oval

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swelling; bulge; puff

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noted product; local specialty

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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wild goose; glans; head of a penis

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)

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sourness; acidity

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modern; modernistic

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traditional; customary; conventional

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springy (texture); doughy; elastic

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to be stiff; to be starchy

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refinement; polish

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taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor

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sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners

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whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

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excuse; explanation

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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flight; flying; aviation

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with

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pitch black; deep black

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fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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