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biiru: beer
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youkai: japanese folk creatures or ghosts, can apply broadly to any supernatural being.
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mado: window
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nouto: notebook
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pen: pen
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doa: door
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ie: house
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-ya: a suffix coming after a noun that means 'a store or shop selling <noun>'
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-ten: a suffix coming after a noun that means 'a store or shop selling <noun>' (I've yet to determine if there's any significant difference between -ya and -ten)
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aji: taste (the noun, not the verb)
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oiishii: good tasting
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warui: bad tasting
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jinja: Shinto shrine
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