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bento; Japanese box lunch

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earthenware pot

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to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

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totally automatic

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rice cooker

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time; labour; labor

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art of cooking; cookery; cuisine

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(husked grains of) rice

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maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

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to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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price; cost

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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after all; because; but; even; too; as well

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happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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glare; sharp look

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if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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chance meeting

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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drinking water

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to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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every time; each round

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small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

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chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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logic; logical

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with these words; while saying

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to take someone's hand

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to cling

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progress

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I; me

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Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack

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to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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uneasy

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money; metal

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castle

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

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