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looking away; looking aside

2

fade-out; FO

1

nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

1

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

2

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

4

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

5

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to take by surprise

1

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

3

user; end-user; consumer

1

dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

7

soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

3

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

1

food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

1

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

1

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

3

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

2

confectionery making

1

to smoke a cigarette

1

stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic

1

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

3

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

2

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

4

revealing talk; insider talk; inside story

1

who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one

1

each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

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to settle (a dispute)

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

2

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

2

parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition

1

reproachful; hateful; bitter

1

patissier; pastry chef

1

keep up your strength; chin up!

1

mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

1

butterfly knife

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trauma (usu. psychological)

2

nickname

2

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

3

half-eaten

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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