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presentation of employment offer; orientation occasion for prospective employees

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nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up

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organic farming; organic cultivation

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green peas

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tiny; little; wee

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various evils; every kind of evil; all evils

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I-novel; novel narrated in the first person

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slip-on shoe

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contract employee

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good timing

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police; polis (ancient Greek city state); -city

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highball; whisky and soda

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cherry blossoms at night

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to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

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maple (tree) (Acer spp.)

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gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame

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taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

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Rumi

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roasted green tea

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bluebird of happiness

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to overwork

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single-mother household; fatherless family

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wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

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one's own house; own; personal; autologous

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(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

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tiny; little; wee

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(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

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advance payment; money paid in advance

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business hours; opening hours; office hours

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side job; sideline; subsidiary business

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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liar; fibber

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to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

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open sea; Okinawa

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loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

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expressing one's mind; speaking out

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the road home

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lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

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racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

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change

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to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

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bang; whump; boom

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intercom; interphone

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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tuition; school expenses

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looking like a ...; acting as if a ...

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

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chicken meat

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end-of-year

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