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offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

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kitchen

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

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aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

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subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

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to take time

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

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going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

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alcohol; sake

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can; tin; canned food

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bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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continuing one's education into university

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chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

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living by oneself; living alone

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history of; experience of

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vitality; ability to earn a living

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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belly; abdomen; stomach

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

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to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

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weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover

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seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

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learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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failure; mistake; blunder

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to pick a fight

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gleaming; shining; glistening

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mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

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historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

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(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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staying one night

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furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

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to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

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contact address

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discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

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