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Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine

2

seeming very

1

news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

1

-fold; -ply

1

5th day of the month; five days

2

Nagoya (city)

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golf links; golf course

1

golf

1

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

5

slapping the opponent with the open hand

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)

4

complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome

2

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

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twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear

6

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

3

we; us

4

eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance

1

husband

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

2

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

1

circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars

3

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

6

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

thin slice; slicing thin

1

smoking

1

Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

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winter rose

2

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

ordinary person

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

experiment; experimentation

2

divorce; separation

2

undercurrent

1

above; more than

2

unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

1

big problem; major issue; big controversy

2

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

3

relief; aid; rescue

1

ascertainment

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

2

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1