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earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

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triangle

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

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brush

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long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

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eternal; unlimited; endless

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dark brown; olive brown

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bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

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soy sauce; shoyu

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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to sit on a seat

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sea of clouds

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fantasy

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Machu Picchu

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tray

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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

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nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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memory; sense; experience

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generation gap

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athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

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age; era; period; date

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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miso soup

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saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

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ladle; (hen's) egg

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to pour into

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wooden; made of wood

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obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

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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

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knife

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

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to put into the mouth; to eat

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food texture; mouthfeel

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crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

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burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men

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molars; back teeth

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to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

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interior of the mouth; oral cavity

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

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polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

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emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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sour; acid

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umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

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