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to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

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reemployment

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Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine

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Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine

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China; Chinese food

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cutlery; silverware; flatware

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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crab

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oyster; oyster shell

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foodstuff; ingredient

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brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

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rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

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innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

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Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

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luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

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

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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top-class

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others; other people

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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chair

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to be embarrassed; to lose face

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to shout at

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

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sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug

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father

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food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

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raw meat; fresh meat

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

2

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

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to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff

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to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

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end; close; conclusion; termination

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live-in (e.g. job)

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to spread; to be propagated

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