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key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

2

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

2

to eat; to drink

6

coating (esp. lacquering)

1

multi-tiered food box

3

straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

1

chicken tender; chicken tenderloin

1

shredded dried plum; plum pulp

1

herb; fragrant grass

1

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

1

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

4

vinegared miso

1

food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)

1

root vegetable

1

stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)

1

professional

2

all you want; as much as one wants

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

pickled daikon radish

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

1

jam

2

tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

2

margarine

1

yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

2

horn-shaped pastry with sweet filling

2

kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean

2

melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon

2

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

1

(bread) crust

1

with a thud

8

mayonnaise

1

to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

5

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

2

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

2

miracle

4

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

5

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

6

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

1

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

1

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

1

salad

1

curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

11

taste; flavor; flavour

1

quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles

1

large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

3