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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

dozens; scores of; decades

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doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

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assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

Japanese, Western and Chinese (cuisine)

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chef

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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

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to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

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Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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request

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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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

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

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Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine

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chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board

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cooking

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three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

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condition of fire; heat level; fire strength

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timing

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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

3

charcoal fire

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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

1

intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp

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internal organs; viscera

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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place; position; location; position; standing; status

1

X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)

1

to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

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fire; flame; blaze

2

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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to be finished; to be completed; to be done

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gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

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live fish; fresh fish

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

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(degree of) freshness

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to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

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