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exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish

2

as soon as; right after

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

15

impossible; unlikely; improbable

15

police officer; policeman; policewoman

3

inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household

1

government and municipal offices; public agencies

1

assistant; employee

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix

10

government official

4

legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure

2

term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

22

well; now; then

25

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

5

ten years; decade

3

statistics

5

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

counter for people

3

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

7

(social) class; rank; grade

14

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

7

simply; merely; only; solely

92

formal

7

concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

6

imperial appointment

1

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

2

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

government office; public office

1

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

1

arrogant; haughty; insolent

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

6

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

30

senior official

1

one part; one portion; one section

13

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

3

administrative

7

practical; realistic; pragmatic

5

authority; power; influence

14

professional; careerman; worker

1

favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome

2

to be silent; to say nothing

1

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

1

salary raise

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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