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contact; liaison

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connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction

1

image quality (film, video, etc.)

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

1

to set aside

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(cocktail) shaker

1

Non-alcoholic mixed drink

1

Cinderella

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carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate

4

ginger ale

1

new menu item; new dish on a menu

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medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals

3

machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery

2

sampling a drink; tasting

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cocktail

2

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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murder case

1

spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty

1

derived type; subform

1

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

2

frosted glass

2

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

mirror writing

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

3

Imamachi

1

to become inverted; to become reversed

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

1

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

1

making an attempt; trial run

1

townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk

4

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

1

to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up

1

proper; right; reasonable

1

best pupil; leading disciple

3

short break; breather

1

to call each other; to call out to one another

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

6

lunch box; bento box

1

onigiri; rice ball

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

rice polishing; polished rice

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imported goods

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to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

1

trade; commerce

1

available

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fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value

1

Shamshir

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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samurai; warrior

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent

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