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soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

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tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

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edible wild plants

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supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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bitterness; bitter taste

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to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

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juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

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dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

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skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

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soy sauce; shoyu

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light (flavor); lightly-seasoned; thin (porcelain, paper, etc.); thinly made; thin soy sauce; light soy sauce

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sake; Japanese rice wine

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mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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to refuse; to reject; to deny

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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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criterion

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improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

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gossip

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a period (of time)

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stomach ache; abdominal pain

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interruption; suspension; break

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frequency (of occurrence)

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to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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sampling food; tasting; trying

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certainly; by all means

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shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

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grave; serious; alarming

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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

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effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit

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nerve pain; neuralgia

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rheumatism

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washing one's face

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articles; supplies; parts

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land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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great mistake

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scorn; disdain; contempt

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wild beast; wild animal; brute

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large public bath

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bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

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(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

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women's bath; women's section in a public bath

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(made of) stone; stone-built

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hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

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