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hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

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pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

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crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

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shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

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Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

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cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

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fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog

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knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

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fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)

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in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

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suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

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knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)

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to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

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rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

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a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

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water tower

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merry-go-round; carousel

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coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)

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just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

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to wait impatiently for

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escort

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cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate

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canned coffee

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little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

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embarrassing

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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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horseback

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fairy tale

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100 yen coin

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vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

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distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation

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nine parts; nine percent; almost

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base of the throat; bottom of the neck

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punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

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coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view

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the Japanese islands

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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infrastructure

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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population; common talk

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fragment; one of the group or party

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national defence; national defense

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small country

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fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

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vision of the future

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southern sea

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solitary island

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(one's) quota; assignment

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