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pound cake

2

vacuum bottle; thermos; jar

1

yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt

1

dessert; desert

1

staple food

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

1

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

1

(United States of) America; USA

1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)

3

decoration

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

2

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

4

in a row; in a line

2

woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

3

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

2

to add (to); to add on; to append

3

excessive; immoderate

1

to eat; to drink

1

to put into the mouth; to eat

1

shall; should; must

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid

1

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

taste; flavor; flavour

3

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

5

talk; recital; narration; topic

2

(hen's) egg

2

sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

beginner

2

(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly

1

cooking ability

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

2

embodiment

1

ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

1

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

2

certainly; surely

3

lunchtime

2

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

10

adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

1

prediction; estimation

1

100 percent

2