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broom

2

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

2

hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt

1

facesitting (sex act)

2

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge

1

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

4

family crest

2

matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

2

pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

8

particularly; only; in the case of

5

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

5

gas cartridge stove; portable stove; camp stove

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

3

to boil; to simmer

1

strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge

1

Matsusaka beef

12

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost

1

material; ingredient

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

bringing; taking; carrying

2

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

3

stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun

12

king

9

durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)

6

full of; brimming with

2

dairy farmer

1

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

1

Southeast Asia

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

5

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

1

crazy

1

rating; classification; allocation; grading

1

pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

1

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

Japanese Black (breed of cattle)

1

like; as if; the same as

5

to spend a fortune; to pay a high price

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

13

offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

1

chemical change

1

even more; still more; further

2

height; elevated place

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

2

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

1

thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

6

contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show

1