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what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called

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greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades

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flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative

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beginner

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intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

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expert

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(it was) not until; (it was) only when

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direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

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common knowledge; well-known fact

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certainly; surely

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soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

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polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

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poor health; ill health; unhealthy

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farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then

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feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

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empty stomach; hunger

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wariness

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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period of time; time slot; time zone

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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almost; nearly; close to

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(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence

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dinner; evening meal

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hegemony; leadership; initiative

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hot water; hot bath

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dinner

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to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

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

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to give an impression; to make an impression

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altogether; entirely

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to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline

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to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

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to freeze

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

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thin skin

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to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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rather than; more ... than ...

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blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

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housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

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menu; schedule; program; menu

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statistical

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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up; stomach condition

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lately; recently; these days

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