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well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

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new discovery; new invention

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brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)

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individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

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knife

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to distribute; to apportion; to divide

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

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model; dummy; maquette

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manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming

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composite; combined; complex

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(fine) art; the arts

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plastic model

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uniformity; equality

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color spraypaint; colour spraypaint

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aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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face

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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to fall in love

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chief retainer; daimyo's minister

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lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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subspecies

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nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

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nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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adventure lover

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alarm; warning

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to rack one's brains

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being in love with each other

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to overeat

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason

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in the meantime; meanwhile

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first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)

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first-rate sword

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ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

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shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

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exaggeration

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spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

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phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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wild beast; wild animal; brute

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different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

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