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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

3

catering; (food) delivery

2

evening meal; dinner; supper

1

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

10

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

2

classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school

2

production (e.g. play); direction

7

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

11

Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)

3

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

2

variety of goods; number of articles

2

human; personal

1

protest; objection

10

to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet

6

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

8

appetizer; later date; post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)

2

before meals

1

cutlery

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

20

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

19

goodness; good

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

6

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

6

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

11

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

15

lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

3

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

8

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

57

chopsticks

9

Western style

2

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

8

shark fin soup

1

distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

1

arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food

2

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

11

older employee who does not have much actual work

8

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

4

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

18

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

43

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

6

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

13

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

26

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

2

absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely

1

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

3

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

2