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to stagger; to stumble

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sediment; earth and sand

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to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

3

attachment

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to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

1

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

5

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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technique; method

2

(for) household use; home use; domestic use

2

handicraft industry

1

representative

1

wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

1

indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene; original scenery; unspoiled landscape

1

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

4

to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand

1

three times

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kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

1

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

1

yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

10

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling

1

food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

1

fondue

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

6

person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate

4

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

to be boiled; to be cooked

2

one or two; a few; small number

2

to feel hungry; to get hungry

1

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

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exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout

2

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

2

to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)

1

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

1

removing scum (from a broth, etc.); skimming off scum

2

each place; various places

3

magistrate; shogunate administrator

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

1

highest grade; top class

1

red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

1

year-end gift; end of the year; year end

1

mid-year gift; summer gift

1

low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap

3

crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish); crawfish

7

to scrape off; to shave off

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putting all of one's attribute points into a single stat (e.g. in an RPG); solely focusing on one skill (to the detriment of others)

2

aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait

2

mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

2

grade; class; degree; magnitude

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intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp

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