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vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)

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inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu

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packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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Rugman

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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

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to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

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bench

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couch; bench; ottoman

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piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

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whisper; murmur

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account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

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several weeks; a few weeks

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merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms

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now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

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to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

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to attract attention; to come into the limelight

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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curiosity; inquisitiveness

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(a) look; gaze

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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please

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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complete recovery from illness

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to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

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to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

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(convalescent) rest

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

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to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

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to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

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being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

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antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

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to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

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to kneel and worship

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to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

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