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excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem

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Italian food; Italian cooking

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

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flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

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living; lifestyle; living room

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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store; shop

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to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied

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ratification; confirmation

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

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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

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papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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to become empty; to be emptied

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

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future (usually near); prospects

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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shin; front of lower leg

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to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

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(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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fork; forkball

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kitchen

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

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fainting in agony

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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clearing one's throat; cough

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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first name; given name

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politics; government

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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smoothly; easily; readily

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paper

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kanji; Chinese character

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siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

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paper

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classbook; yearbook; graduation album

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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