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女と言いえば, 女性じょせい - woman

BTW, you would think that 裸男 is らだん or らなん but no! it is はだかおとこ. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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胃 (い) = Stomach.

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亥(い)the Boar (from the Chinese zodiac)

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田舎 (いなか)= rural area/countryside

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革命(かくめい)revolution

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いかが - how; in what way; how about

(This appears to be the polite version of どう. It can also be written using kanji as 如何, though it’s not so usual)

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外交(がいこう)diplomacy

So…diplomacy is when a government associates/mingles () with the outside () world. Makes sense.

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売る(うる)Sell

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ルル rule

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ルシャトリエの法則 (ルシャトリエのほうそく) = Le Chatlier’s law

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空白 (くうはく) = Blank Space (or the Spacebar in a Japanese keyboard).

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薬(くすり)medicine

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輪郭 りんかく outline

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九分通り (くぶどおり) = about ninety perent

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リットル - litre

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留守番電話 (るすばんでんわ) - answering machine, answer phone

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割引 (わりびき) = Discount.

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危機管理 ききかんり crisis management

This word is amusing to me because I learned it from まちカドまぞく (街角魔族), a comedy show about magical girls, where a hopeless demon girl screams it every time in panic when she transforms into demon form.

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林檎(りんご):apple:

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馳走ちそう - treat, excellent dinner

(‘Oh, run and gallop’, which showed that the people giving their guests a treat got quite out of their way to prepare the meal. ご馳走様!)

Nice and useful! Haven’t seen the show but can picture the scene! Wouldn’t be also out of character in a Monty Python sketch.

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