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food made from flour (esp. dishes like okonomiyaki and takoyaki)

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downward glance; contemptuous look

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burnt to a crisp

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cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings

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lonely; desolate

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southeast

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Happy Meal

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even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods

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youngish; young-looking

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flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality; form and content; appearance and substance

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excretion

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to join in; to have a share in; to get in on the act

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to add meat (or weight); to add substance (to an essay, etc.)

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excellent supporting role; outstanding supporting actor

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speakerphone

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final version

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imaginary friend

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whale

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to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

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to pig out; to chow down

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Pyat

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stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price

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to get along well with

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anime otaku

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ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

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Narumiya

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time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

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to be in the spotlight; to come into focus (of attention); to come into the spotlight

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prairie dog (Cynomys sp.)

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soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin

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fraudulent claim of product origin

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in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer

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good idea

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new Japanese record

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to dry up; to shrivel

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the same place; that place

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body weight

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to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

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to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way

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drinking at home (as opposed to going out)

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a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

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good-natured; of good character

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taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing

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mechanical-looking

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nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

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frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice

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perfect obsession; personal fixation; addiction to (something matching one's tastes)

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animation director

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bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews)

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Kakizaki

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