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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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price; cost

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store; shop

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treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

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high spirits; gleeful mood

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flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative

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corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

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rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

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ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

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welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

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Chinese cooking; Chinese food

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comfort food; soul food

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paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement

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Closter

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noodle; noodles

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(Western) soup

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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ramen restaurant

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to take a picture

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store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)

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waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

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to be worn down; to be reduced

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sharp sighted; easily awakened

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seat at a table; place at a table

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business trip; official trip

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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soy sauce; shoyu

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mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)

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Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup

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comparatively high; fairly expensive

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set menu; fixed-course menu; table d'hôte

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half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe

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egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade

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character; disposition; spirit; temperament

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Tianjin (China)

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porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

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fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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reference book

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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miso ramen

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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Japanese food; Japanese meal

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setting a place; setting the table

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placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)

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school (e.g. of ikebana)

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

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Wakayama (city, prefecture)

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to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

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