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

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grated yam

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near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

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tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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fundamental knowledge

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(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

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to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

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God's will; Heaven's will

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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what number

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to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

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stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

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to establish; to formulate

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Chomolungma (Mt. Everest)

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second; number two; runner-up

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original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical

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chilled Chinese noodles

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all year; year round

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something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced

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to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

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black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot

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dark brown; olive brown

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ash; ashes

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to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick

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one lump; one group

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deep-fried food

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diameter

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clenched fist

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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great delight; great satisfaction; rapture

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to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

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feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

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smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

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none other than; ... himself; ... herself

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to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

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