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mwahahaha (evil laughter)

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triumphant return; returning in triumph

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just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

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to diminish (dampen) the spirit

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liquid; fluid

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elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

3

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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sterile frond

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

3

soda

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to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

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in person; personally; directly

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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

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kitchenware

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cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

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laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

2

something wrapped in a furoshiki

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

6

arabesque; scrollwork

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to undo a knot

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nikujaga; meat and potato stew

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glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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frying or baking something thick (e.g. thick omelette)

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

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pork

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

4

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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experiment

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coal

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poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison

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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

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after a meal

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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jokingly; in the form of a joke

3

sausage

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scolding

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

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one after another; in succession

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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up until now; as recently as the present

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disgusting; gross; bad feeling; weird

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to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)

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refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

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chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

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