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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

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gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike

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losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

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leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

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extremely

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to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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pot-au-feu

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cookware; cooking utensil

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single male; bachelor

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food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

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to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

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employee; servant

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smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

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namely; that is (to say); in other words

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rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)

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medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media

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well-done (of meat)

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flambe

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let's see what you've got; show me what you've got

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basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)

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sirloin

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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Rascal (character in 1977 TV anime series)

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level of confidence

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sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

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old age

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counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.

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something; some kind of; for some reason

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number of copies; circulation

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

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reduction by half; halving

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ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

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sorry; excuse me

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hot pot cooking

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daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

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roadside

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tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess

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flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating

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to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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to grasp tightly

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to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

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seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

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to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

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all on one's own

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handicap

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victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

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