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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

7

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price

2

with a grin

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

4

mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

2

to eat; to drink

1

comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

1

roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)

1

boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)

1

small bowl

4

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

4

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

5

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

3

in that manner; like that

2

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

1

way of eating; how to eat

1

unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying

1

besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

three meals (a day)

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

1

usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

1

role; part; job; assignment

1

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

2

paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave

1

to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of

1

contrastive

1

negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet

1

salaried; paid; with pay; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave

1

to bring someone along

1

about when; about what time; how soon

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

3

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

3

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

5

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

schoolgirl; female student

2

Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

1

aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

3

at that time; in those days

7

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down

1

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

6

clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

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