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Nara (city, prefecture)

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to obstruct one's way

1

rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

2

spray can; aerosol can

4

firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

5

cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)

5

neither

1

poison gas

4

to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

1

magician; illusionist

1

lake surface

5

the work of officials

1

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

1

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

2

mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

2

degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

1

line

2

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

2

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

7

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

soy milk

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okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu

4

tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

3

body

1

bridge

3

Zilla

1

impudent; shameless; brazen

1

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

2

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

summit meeting; top-level conference

2

Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty

1

dry-cured ham

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet

2

saltiness

1

black pepper (Piper nigrum)

1

lemon juice (ingredient)

1

having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

3

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

regular octahedron

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to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

of all things

3

after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath

2

prohibited item; banned item

1

mold; mould; mildew

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

1

spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty

3