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apple core; core of an apple

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goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste

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mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water

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Common Business Oriented Language; COBOL

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to be eloquent; to have a way with words

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to take root; to strike root

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to raise the bar

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drone (bee)

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squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)

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wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking

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to blow out; to spout out

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(food that meets one's) taste; treatment

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seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling

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oldest mankind (e.g. evidence of)

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Farina

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failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

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pique; picket

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to be out of; to have no more at hand

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fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform

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movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

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wintering; passing the winter

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endocrine; incretion; internal secretion

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comfort food; soul food

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cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

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complete lie; outright lie

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to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

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lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry

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to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up

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swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

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straight (e.g. whiskey)

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temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

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hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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immune function

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worker bee; hard worker

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aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)

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capital; funds; seed money; asset

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fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)

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stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump

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to be to the point; to be pertinent

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storage method (e.g. for food); storage instructions

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firing (pottery)

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white Chinese phoenix; white Chinese firebird

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granular; granulated

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to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes

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thud

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domestication

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to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

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I'm ready!; bring it on!

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