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major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

3

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

22

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

6

fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

1

merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition

19

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

as; because; with; due to

2

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

2

personnel reduction

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

recent years

1

to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected

1

tourism industry; tourist industry

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

4

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus

2

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

workforce reduction; personnel cut

2

like a part of the family

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

labour and management; labor and management

1

combination; union; incorporation; congruence

1

to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

3

cut; reduction; curtailment

2

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

point in time; occasion

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

without

1

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

4

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

2

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)

2

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

1

to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

1

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

laundry; the washing

1