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to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

7

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

1

to close; to shut

1

movie theatre; movie theater; cinema

5

pedestrian traffic

3

clanging; empty; deserted

5

genuine article; real thing; real deal

6

ghost town

1

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

2

business; trade; operations; sales

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

4

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

2

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

2

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

3

chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

2

porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

6

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

1

oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter

1

Japanese restaurant

1

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

3

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

9

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

18

miso soup

6

store interior; inside of a shop

4

bento; Japanese box lunch

3

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

1

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

3

parent and child

4

to read (a book, etc.) over again

1

twentieth century

2

beginning (of a century, etc.)

2

(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

2

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

2

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

1

(Western) soup

3

Japanese food; Japanese meal

1

to take root; to strike

1

word; language; speech

1

breakfast

2

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

2

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

4

one day; (on) a certain day

4

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

3

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

2

to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

2

mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)

6

item; article; dish; course; finest item

2