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shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)

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shellfish; seashell; shell

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turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)

4

vegetable

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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China; Chinese

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asparagus

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to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

5

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

8

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

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

2

of course; certainly; naturally

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yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

dessert; desert

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banana

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drink; beverage

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to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

beer

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sake; Japanese rice wine

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shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

1

wine

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yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

oolong tea

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apple juice

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and then; after that

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natural water; untreated water; spring water

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spring water

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hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

3

choice; preference

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warming up sake; warmed sake

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

2

(social) position; status

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

2

sharing a meal

2

will not do; do not; does not

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

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tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

2

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

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seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

3

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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

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