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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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success; hit

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

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Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

3

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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olive green; greenish brown

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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cooking practice; (school) cooking class

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variation

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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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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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world map

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(typically) Japanese

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cultural sphere

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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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processed goods; finished goods

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katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

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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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aggressive

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search; quest; pursuit

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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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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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bread flour (high gluten); strong flour; hard flour

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(a) bunch; (a) bundle

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root; joint; base; crotch

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fermentation; zymosis

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long and narrow

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cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

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division into equal parts; equal parts

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rolling pin

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round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

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