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Japanese
#2601

西瓜（すいか）- watermelon

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#2602

係の者 (かかりのもの) = Person in Charge.

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#2603

乗り場（のりば）boarding platform

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#2604

番号（ばんごう）number

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#2605

ありがとうございます. I didn’t know this word (still 業 :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:).

合同コンパ (ごうどうコンパ) - joint party, mixer
(This is usually abbreviated to 合コン but then I would have forfeited the game. :sweat_smile:)

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#2606

パチンコ = Pachinko

I was blown away by how popular this is in Japan. Seeing サラリーマン literally get off the train and go straight to a パチンコ place. I’m talking rows and rows filled with people playing them. Crazy!!

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#2607

炬燵 (こたつ) - kotatsu

(Japanese version of the good ol’ Spanish brasero. Or maybe it’s the other way round. :yum:)

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#2608

つんどく tsundoku

My hobby, apparently.

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#2609

訓読み（くんよみ）kunyomi, Japanese reading of a kanji

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#2610

水着 (みずぎ) - swimsuit

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#2611

逆 (ぎゃく) = Opposite.

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#2612

九月(くがつ)september

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#2613

机（つくえ）desk

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#2614

笑顔千両 (えがおせんりょう) - beautiful smile, really charming smile… and a 四字熟語.

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#2615

ウソ（うそ）no way! / really! / unbelievable!

Apparently this is the kanji for it 嘘 ! I didn’t even know it had one :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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#2616

And a nice kanji it is: 口 (mouth) + 虚 (empty): such an empty mouth telling all those lies! Unbelievable!

それでは - well (then), in that case

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#2617

花（はな） :sunflower: :white_flower:

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#2618

直き (なおき) - straight, upright :straight_ruler:

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#2619

着物 (きもの) = :kimono:

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#2620

飲み物(のみもの)a drink

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