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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

4

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

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assembly-line system

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(hen's) egg

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bacon

10

damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful

3

thick omelette; rolled omelette

1

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

1

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse

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to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

4

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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preparing (food) in advance; making in advance; pre-made; prepared in advance

1

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

3

under development; in development

1

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

1

keeping well (of food); keeping for a long time

1

whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle

2

employer's house; master's house

2

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

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rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)

5

pickled daikon radish

1

shredded dried plum; plum pulp

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness

1

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

2

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1

only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces

1

runner-up

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private; personal

1

to be greedy; to devour greedily

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

3

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar

1

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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