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meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

5

collaboration; joint work

1

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

3

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

11

thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey

1

daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground

1

changing for the better

1

newborn

1

easy to imagine

1

even if I told you

7

to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

3

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

2

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

7

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

3

feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

1

to do together

2

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1

to slurp noisily

1

chopsticks

3

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

2

creative cookery; creative cuisine

1

idea

1

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

1

katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

2

red pickled ginger

2

demanding; difficult; strict

1

large plate; platter

1

paper plate; paper tray

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

4

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

1

child born to one's current wife

1

manner of eating

1

crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

one meal; one meal (a day)

2

situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

6

straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

behind with everything; too late; reactive

1

offensive camp; team at bat

1

consecutive defeats; series of defeats

1

draw; tie; quits; even; square

1

shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball

1

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

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

3

laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

2

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

2