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advertorial; paid article; sponsored article

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barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

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sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste

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this magazine

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one-of-a-kind item

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new business

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traffic restrictions; traffic control

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separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume

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super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)

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and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that

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suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute

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graduation examination; graduation test

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to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

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sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity

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concreteness; feasibility

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makeshift

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second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes

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attracting customers

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(a) step forward

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old clothes; secondhand clothing

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A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion

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rock

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dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

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diversity; variety

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generations; ages; years

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worthy of; worth doing; worth having

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(written) proposal

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road approaching a shrine

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(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost

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to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

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colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

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degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

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to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

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Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?

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how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

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editor-in-chief

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

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route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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we

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advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

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easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

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editing; compilation

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studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

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what is it?

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institute; academy

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