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dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

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sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)

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enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

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chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives

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amateur; novice; layman

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food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

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sesame sauce

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juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)

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half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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supreme; sublime; highest

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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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Chinese noodles

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noodles; vermicelli

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king

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gentle spring rain; glass noodles; cellophane noodles; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)

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each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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noodles; (arch.) flour

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

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liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice

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cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

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walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

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assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)

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water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

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tch; ugh; damn

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate

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quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

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tofu; bean curd; beancurd

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pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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brains; brain tissue

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good gracious; oh my

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appetite (for food)

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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coupled with; together

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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