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table manners

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for convenience; as a matter of convenience

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based on; built on; made from

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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decorative plate; palette; pallet

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to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

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red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood

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carpaccio

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quiche

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flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)

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duck (meat)

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fish eggs; roe; hard roe

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cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)

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custom; habit; customary practice

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home; family; household

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informal; simplified

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every night

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variety of goods; number of articles

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

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quotation; citation; reference

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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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foliage plants

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dressing; dressing; putting on clothes

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Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25

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blood vessel; blood relationship

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rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP

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rebirth; new birth; nascent

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plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

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(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

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small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness

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for use as food; edible

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fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

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cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)

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pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

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my; our; one's own

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no regrets; without regrets

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expiration; termination

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looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

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talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

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doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)

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to disclose a secret

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to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

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to begin talking; to open up

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(in one's) possession

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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trade; commerce

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diplomatic relations

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hiding; concealment

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formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit

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