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to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

4

post-natal; since birth

1

mother; wife

7

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

2

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

third

8

cook; chef

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

19

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

3

distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness

1

to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you

1

mysterious

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you

4

buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement

2

eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer

1

cooking; food preparation

3

Iron Chef (Japanese television program, 1993-1999)

1

(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

2

enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance

1

offer

1

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

5

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

1

worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe

1

therefore; consequently

2

hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)

1

individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set

2

coexistence

3

canter; gallop

1

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

Dolk

3

parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup

16

fourth

1

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

9

(police) detective; criminal matter

6

customs; customs house

1

boiled fugu dish (served with ponzu dipping sauce)

1

to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish

1

high efficiency; high performance

1

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

2

soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar

2

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

3

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

2

sensitive

1

separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume

1