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bill (at a restaurant); check

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stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump

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reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

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nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)

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dry-cured ham

4

Zell

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chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

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resemblance; similarity; analogy

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calf; small cow

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cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)

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breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour

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ponzu mixed with grated daikon

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(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice

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stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce

1

packing; wrapping

2

Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back

1

sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake

45

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

loose stone; unset jewel

1

opal

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sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

1

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

2

degree of freedom

1

aggressiveness; aggression

1

authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound

1

perfect; just right; ideal

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(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content

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pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

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to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

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knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

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discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

6

eyewitness testimony

2

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

2

Lothal

46

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

14

criminal act

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

2

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

2

out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope

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reader; (website) visitor

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negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

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papier mâché; something that looks good superficially

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to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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to take into consideration; to bear in mind

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strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

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