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delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

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an art; one talent

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Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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way of the sword; swordsmanship

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loitering; hanging around; wandering around

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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(feeling of) hunger

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anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste

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swig; gulp

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consciousness; awareness; relief; calm

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sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

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how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

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to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

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slacks

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receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

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loss of nerve

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bonehead play

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

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waiter

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tofu-like dish made with edamame

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wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

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hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

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clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

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stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

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China; Chinese

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food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

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a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

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dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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contrary to one's expectations

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to pick on; to tease

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handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade

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Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass

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olive

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cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

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tea (esp. picked late)

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cherry tomato

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honey

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as usual; as is one's habit

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small bones

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crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)

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