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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

2

seasoning with salt; amount of salt

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

overall; on the whole

1

lightly seasoned

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

to soak; to steep; to macerate

1

to pep up; to cheer up

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

1

hair dyed brown

1

Ronald

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

1

personage; person (deserving of respect)

1

notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

1

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

1

go home; get out

1

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

1

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

1

like that; that way; thus

1

eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

2

to put into the mouth; to eat

1

stay; sojourn

5

health; healthy; sound; fit

1

vitality; energy; dynamism

2

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

master; teacher; stable master

4

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

2

skillful handling of a kitchen knife

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

1

moment; second; instant

1

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

small; compact

1

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

dog; doggy; bow-wow

1

elementary level; beginner level

2

course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

5

intermediate level

4

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

reply; answer; response

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

3

someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

2

reserve and consideration (to others)

1