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ladle; (hen's) egg

6

alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)

3

breathing; respiration

1

phooey

2

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

boiled egg

1

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

10

big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

2

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

to distribute; to apportion; to divide

1

with a bump; with a clunk

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

2

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

1

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

2

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

1

to wait impatiently for

1

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

2

boiled gyoza

3

swaying (with large slow movements); shaking

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

1

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

1

to be uncommon

1

surströmming; Swedish dish of fermented herring

1

canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

1

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things

1

material; substance; matter

3

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

capable of anything; liable to do

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

1

to seal up

1

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

1

nightmare

1

(having) life-and-death power (over)

1

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

2

lately; recently

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

2

to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

2

chasing after women; womanizing

1

cynical; warped; envious

1

face value; par

3

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

4

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

1

a help; assistance

2