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(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

elegance; taste; refinement

3

multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

12

modernism

1

living together; coexistence

5

(very) happy; euphoric; buoyant; walking on air

1

new menu item; new dish on a menu

2

sampling food; tasting; trying

8

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

5

employee; worker

3

dark red; deep red

1

samue; monk's working clothes

1

apron (waist-down); waist apron

2

emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false

1

pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top

1

affable; sociable; friendly

1

nose tip

2

lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

4

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

1

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

2

cook; chef

5

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

2

mayonnaise

14

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

4

to stamp one's feet

1

kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll

6

to find fault with; to question

1

context (of a passage)

3

being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with

1

famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

3

day that something happens; day that one happens across something

1

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

14

please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in

7

exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response

3

scolding

1

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

1

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

5

daytime; noon period of the day; matinee

1

nuclear family

1

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

how much; how many; however

2

pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead

1

nodding; greeting (with eyes)

1

literature

1

low table

9

ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding

2

to be engrossed; to be enthralled

2

house search; search of the premises; raid

8