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spice

2

cost price

2

stocking; buying up

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

large pot; cauldron

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

2

to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

1

plop; splash

3

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

1

sacked; pouched

1

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

1

flour; meal; powder; dust

1

lard

1

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

1

draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)

1

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

1

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

4

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

1

during; for the duration of

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2

food specialist; meal advisor

1

trial and error

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

2

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

1

but; however; even though; even if

2

to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully

1

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

4

Japanese-style confectionary store

1

foreign country

3

child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

1

working away from home

2

to double

1

complete agreement

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

chat over tea

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior

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emphasis-adding particle

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