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taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

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Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty

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puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

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miso soup

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curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

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scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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cooking program; cookery show

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

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to crack (an egg, etc.) into a container

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mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

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pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

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to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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wheat; barley; oat (oats)

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poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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each; every

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to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

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entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

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living expenses

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cook; chef

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clean; pure; chaste

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water's surface

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from morning to evening; all day long

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

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scrap iron

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smithing; blacksmith

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local procurement; local content; sourcing locally

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big lie; whopper

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(early) childhood

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swing; trapeze

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divorce; dissolution of adoption

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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just you wait and see (as a threat)

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iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

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to scatter; to spread

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

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apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

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short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke

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hot pot cooking

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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home economics room

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(not) merely; (not) simply

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to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

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to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

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to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

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to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

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