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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

looking slender in clothing

2

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

1

private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

1

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

2

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

2

beer

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

2

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

1

of all people

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

similar

4

being very busy; busyness

4

new employee; freshman employee; new hire

2

training (esp. in-service); induction course

1

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

3

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

1

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession

1

strike (i.e. industrial action)

1

Beatles

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

rice field

5

arrival

3

press conference

1

martial arts stadium

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

Sartre

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Beauvoir

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Japanese-style room

1

whisky; whiskey

1

point-blank range

3

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

3

walk; stroll

4

(department) store; (department) stores

5

elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

air temperature

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

2

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

2

seat

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