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food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

2

jam

4

butter

2

to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)

1

pawnshop

1

platinum (Pt)

1

to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves

1

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

with a clank

1

to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

1

aloe

1

or; or else

1

both; both sides; both parties

3

to fall in love (with); to love

1

immortal; undying; indestructible

1

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

1

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

1

noon; lunch time

1

to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)

1

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

1

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

slowly (but steadily); little by little; with a sizzle; burning; oozing out (e.g. of sweat)

1

Chiba (city, prefecture)

1

movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

2

nuclear bomb

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

way; method; means

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder

2

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing

1

comedian; comic

1

perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength

1

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

1

lady; gentleman; person

4

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

party in full swing; party at its peak

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

orange juice

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

4

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

3

Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan

1

group; party; team; squad; section

2

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

1

same sex

1

fake smile; false smile

1