jpdb beta

the big three ...

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delicacy; dainties

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high price

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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minced meat; ground meat

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individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

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chopsticks

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to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)

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countenance; features; looks

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carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

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to be profitable; to yield a profit

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imitation; similar article; similar goods

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historical play; period drama

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vice; immorality; corruption

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

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or; or else

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rather; sooner; preferably

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

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steamed chicken

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teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

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chicken curry

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deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

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extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding

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soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

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garlic

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(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine

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oil

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to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

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clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

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coupled with; together

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bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness

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passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

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dysgeusia; taste disorder

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force of habit; inertia

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cook; chef

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product; produce; result; fruit

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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to reason; to sum up; to conclude

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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

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thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

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light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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