jpdb beta

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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variation

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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Europe

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pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

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natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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world map

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to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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(typically) Japanese

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cultural sphere

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extent; scope; sphere; range; span

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is not; am not; are not

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eating habits

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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

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Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine

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seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment

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processed goods; finished goods

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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soy sauce; shoyu

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katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

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kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

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bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

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tofu; bean curd; beancurd

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half a year; six months

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aggressive

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Japanese food; Japanese meal

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search; quest; pursuit

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ingredient; foodstuff

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recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)

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a certain ...; some ...

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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abrupt; sudden

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gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

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China; Chinese food

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

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to take root; to strike

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curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

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similarly; same (idea); same (name)

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food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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yearned for; longed for; missed

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(husked grains of) rice

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