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great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

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Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley

1

hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)

1

scallion; green onion; spring onion

2

vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

6

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

3

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

3

to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)

1

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor

1

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake

1

almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

1

material; ingredient

7

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

1

soy milk

1

skill

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

3

fairy; sprite; elf

1

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

5

and; thereupon; because of that

3

all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes

1

hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!

2

(Western) soup

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

pestle

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop

2

Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis); wakasagi

3

smelt fishing (esp. on a frozen lake); smelt ice fishing

2

confrontation; showdown

1

trifling; trivial; slight

2

in that way; like that; that way

1

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

3

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

1

tidying up; finishing

2

oil

2

plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle

1

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

tempura flour (flour mixed with starch, etc.)

1

thin dipping sauce for tempura

1

funnel

1

small saucepan; small pot

1

the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji

1

most; extremely

1

southeast

2

place; position; location; position; standing; status

1

elevation; height above sea level

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