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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

11

close contest; close match; close game; close combat

2

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

3

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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four people

8

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

40

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

6

chopsticks

3

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

3

fork; forkball

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

3

to get accustomed to using

1

unexpected; surprising

3

convenient; handy; useful

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

opening and shutting

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

4

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

original; novel; new

1

small bowl

1

one person's portion

1

staple food

1

frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)

2

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

4

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

assorted grains; cereals; millet

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

13

to be worried; to be troubled

6

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

11

clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

4

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

1

counter for colours

1

to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe

1

juice; sap; soup; broth

2

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

1

nose

4

gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

2

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

1

light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

7

depth; length

2

(Western) soup

2

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

6

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

6

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

17

(small crunchy) dried sardines

3

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

3