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draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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(indoor) heating

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extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

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thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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just out of the bath

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to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

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handmade; homemade

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indigo blue; indigo

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to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

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limply

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salmon pink

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cream (colour, color)

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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gas cartridge stove; portable stove; camp stove

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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

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pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

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earthenware pot

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stainless steel

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make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

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shape; form

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square; rectangular

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cover; lid; cap

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà

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sound effect

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

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konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly

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pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

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kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

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chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

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this evening; tonight

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Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team

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individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

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dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

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thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

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low-salt miso; sweet miso

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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