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hey; listen

2

to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)

1

tasting; sampling

5

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar

2

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

3

vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

1

Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack

2

to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)

1

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

1

specialist

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

2

with a chuckle; with a giggle

1

egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

2

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

1

period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

2

microwave oven

2

peach (Prunus persica)

1

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

4

canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

1

(Western) playing cards

3

both (people)

1

neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)

1

old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

2

to snatch from; to steal from

3

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

3

frog

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

1

to bring back

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

2

contagion; infection

1

taking care of someone

1

several days later

2

preparations for returning (home)

3

point-blank range

1

slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman

7

calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

1

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

4

back off!; leave me alone!

1

to be pretentious; to put on airs

1

purity (of a substance)

1

misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

1

person who is ...; thing that is ...

1

give-and-take; give and take

1