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pleasantly chewy (esp. noodles); having a good bite; firm and elastic; having body (esp. hair); springy and resilient; full-bodied (e.g. sound)

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

1

raw egg

1

the Moon

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(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry

1

medium-spicy

1

cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu

1

hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly

2

to start eating

1

expressing one's mind; speaking out

5

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

the wife; the missus

2

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

5

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

faucet; tap

2

stainless steel

1

palm (of the hand)

2

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

7

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

1

physics

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chemistry

1

partly open; in half bloom

2

yellowish; tinged with yellow

1

panel

2

flesh (of a fruit); pulp

1

Rubik's cube; Rubik cube

2

all phases; each side; each surface

3

puzzle

1

with a splash; with a splosh; with a click (of a camera shutter); with a snap

1

apple juice

4

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

3

whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

5

to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate

2

above the clouds; the heavens

1

bank deposit

1

(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

2

application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

4

smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw

1

to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

3

to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame

1

means; method

4

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

3

humming; crooning

1

source of river; fountainhead

1

beside; nearby

2

sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

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to happen to pass by

2

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

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