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such ... as; or some such

2

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

3

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

on the way; someday

2

violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against

1

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)

1

as a child; when one was a child

2

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

2

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

1

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

7

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

3

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

1

leader of a delegation (body, party)

2

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

4

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

2

second marriage; remarriage

10

lady; ready

1

strategy meeting; council of war

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

3

tone; beep

1

answering machine; answerphone

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

6

wow

1

mala (spicy and numbing flavor)

1

Chinese-style hot pot

1

Taiwan

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

3

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

2

Thai food

1

mustard

1

walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)

1

curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

6

super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)

1

stress

8

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

husband

2

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

1