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dilemma

1

what happens twice will happen thrice

2

Gow

17

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

2

Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

marking; scent marking

1

low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering

1

amber; yellowish-brown

1

to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)

1

to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

1

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

2

unlucky day; evil day

1

love potion; philter; aphrodisiac

2

full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored

1

being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed

1

to feel hot; to flush; to burn

2

employee's work day

3

to sidle up to

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

2

one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company

1

appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done

1

hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

1

cause of death

2

to cook (food); to manage well; to handle well

1

to grieve and moan

1

Lament (Ultravox album)

1

Laa; Lahr

32

chicken bones; chicken carcass

7

dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

9

(small crunchy) dried sardines

16

(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

1

ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird

1

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

2

writing; book

1

spy; secret agent

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

1

to act; to take action

4

succession; inheritance

1

adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents

1

betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption

1

to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious

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disgusting; creepy

2

to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

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difficult

1