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baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

3

raw egg

1

nimble; quick; agile

1

docking

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

2

green spring onion

2

Osaka (city)

1

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

1

tray

1

to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)

2

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

2

food texture; mouthfeel

6

soft boiled egg

1

medium rare

1

China; Chinese food

2

by itself; automatically; naturally

1

word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

4

contest

1

trio; gang of three; threesome

3

cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse

2

food packed in a wooden box

1

light brown; golden brown

1

mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row

10

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

3

abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu

1

childhood; infancy

1

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

1

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

2

before anything else; first of all

2

Thanksgiving (Day); customer appreciation event; thank you (for your patronage) sales campaign

2

in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater

1

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

2

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

first step

2

candy stick; lollipop

1

reed bed

19

problem child

6

two departments (under the ritsuryō system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)

1

to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

1

candy; sweets

2

candy

3

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

large pot; cauldron

2

Masami

2

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

3

charity; almsgiving

2