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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

6

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

8

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

12

choice; selection

2

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

5

junior high school student; middle school pupil

22

fantasy

3

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

4

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

4

authenticity; credibility

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

5

to bring; to take; to bring about

14

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

3

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

13

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

2

American person

1

feminine; effeminate

2

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

2

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

1

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

3

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

20

Mars (planet)

8

allegory; fable; parable

4

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)

19

to follow another's example

16

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

12

which; what (way)

21

program (e.g. TV); programme

14

leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)

1

televising; broadcasting; airing

4

to kneel

2

variety show (e.g. on TV)

1

tendency; trend; inclination

15

touché; you've got me there

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

3

to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly

9

seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)

6

training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)

1

orders; instructions; directive; command

2

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

2

global scale

1

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

4

intervention

10

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

5

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

the Japanese spirit

1

confusion; mixing; merger

2

back country; remote countryside

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

3