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white flag; truce flag; surrender flag

2

goods; merchandise; commercial items

1

critical; judgmental; censorious; negative

1

view; opinion; finding; findings

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

4

superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

1

approaching the enemy; (coming into) contact with the enemy; engaging the enemy

1

to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

1

to intend; to be sure that

1

fixed content; settled matter; done deal

1

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

1

I'm ready!; bring it on!

1

government office; government agency; authorities

1

firmly rooted; deep-seated

1

Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine

1

tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

1

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

1

low table

4

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

2

transom

1

shoji with a glass bottom half (for snow viewing)

1

ryokan; traditional Japanese inn

9

things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock

1

to be true to nature; to be lifelike

1

pure

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

1

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

1

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

1

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

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

1

main dish; main course

1

Matsusaka beef

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)

1

love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker

1

alcohol dependency; alcoholism

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

1

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

1

to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

3

after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting

5

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

2

to take up space; to occupy space

1

legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)

1

multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments

1

counter seat; seat at the counter

1

box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)

2