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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

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what?; what'd you say?

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to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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three; three years of age

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(doing) as one is told

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to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

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

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freshly fried

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly

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clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

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that is; namely; i.e.

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thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

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chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks

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octopus

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Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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alcohol; sake

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whitebait; elver (young eel)

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gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

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soft roe; milt; albino

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parboiling; preparatory boiling

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nighttime use; overnight

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plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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age discrimination; agism

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to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

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pleasant; charming

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hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

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former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously

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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

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finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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to thank

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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by myself; in person; by oneself

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

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the way back; the way home; return trip

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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