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okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments

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rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

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full operation

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

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to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

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convention; tired tradition; old custom

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village

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village headman; village mayor

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wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car

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to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

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coin-operated locker

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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eyewitness testimony

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having not the slightest idea

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south side

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Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio

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bent back; hunchback; stoop

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crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

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fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

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toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

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scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

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hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

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one's mood while traveling (travelling)

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crisis management

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dumpling store; dumpling seller

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end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

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jab

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tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)

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8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

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count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)

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bright; intelligent; clever; smart

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roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

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the big three ...

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Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

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heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

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prayer

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contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

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gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

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clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

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Sugawara

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entreaty to a deity

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several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

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pigeon; dove

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votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

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restless; fidgety; lively; busy

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rice cooker pot; pot inside rice cooker; indoor bathwater heater

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mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar)

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wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

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