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lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork

1

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

3

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

3

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

3

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

1

chicken meat

2

Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)

1

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

1

small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)

1

mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil

1

yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)

1

labor saving; labour saving

1

reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving

1

home area; home town; local

3

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

4

custom; habit; customary practice

1

state of tension

1

New Year's Day

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored

1

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

3

cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

1

(seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor)

1

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

2

both eyes

21

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

1

(woman's) undersash; datemaki; rolled omelette mixed with fish paste (omelet)

1

herring roe

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

3

osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

4

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

1

cheering in chorus; saying in unison

2

dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

1

mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior

1

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

1

taste; flavor; flavour

2

battle; game; bout

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

breakfast

3

sandal

2

to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up

1

plastic bag

4

plastic food storage container; Tupperware

8

osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

2

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

2