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Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine

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beef

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fried prawns; fried shrimp

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dialect; provincialism

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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to eat

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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fin (e.g. of a fish)

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sirloin

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anyhow; in any case

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charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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grinning; smirking

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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second (unit of time); arc second

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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from there; thence

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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repair; mending; fixing; servicing

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modern

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waste of time; killing time

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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with a friendly grin; smilingly

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to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

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to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

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irritating; aggravating; upsetting

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everyday; always; at all times; frequently

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tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

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being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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landslide

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to make an appearance; to show up

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primitive; original

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

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thought to be; seen as

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original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

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to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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black (colour, color)

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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small number; few; minority

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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gulpingly; in one gulp

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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