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customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

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trade journal

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

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asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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history of; experience of

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matchstick

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to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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squadron

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tightly; snugly

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military uniform

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whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

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slender

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un-Japanese in appearance or character

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cosplayer

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annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)

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to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl

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ideal type

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career bureaucrats

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elite

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thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content

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to sidle up to

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lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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old Japanese-style house

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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dress code

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high-class restaurant; high-end store

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield

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source of protein; protein source

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broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

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haughty

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thick; meaty; fleshy

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tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

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pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower

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highest grade; top class

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don't worry; no worries; never mind

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gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables

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payment

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to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

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to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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to be palatable; to suit one's taste

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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well-known store

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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Japanese cooking

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