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ticket

3

normal serving; medium-sized portion

1

treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

1

schoolchild without lunch

1

source of protein; protein source

1

overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

3

evidence; proof; witness

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

1

thread; yarn; string

1

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

digital nomad; location-independent (digital) worker

1

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

1

unbalanced diet

1

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

1

severe punishment; rigorous measures

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

1

mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor

1

to not believe one's ears

1

yellowish; tinged with yellow

1

pot-au-feu

1

Panjandrum; The Great Panjandrum (rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during WW2)

2

(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

drum; drums; drum kit

2

paella (Spanish rice dish)

1

doubanjiang (Chinese broad bean chili paste)

1

mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt

2

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

1

aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food

1

lonely

1

every day; daily

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

2

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

1

amen

2

delicious; tasty

6

thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post

1

Chinese (language)

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

4

oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism

2

to cross the line; to go too far

1

hi; hello; gotcha; understood

1

bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)

2

beer mug; stein; tankard

2

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

3