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to be based in (a place)

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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medical corporation

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medical association

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political

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back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

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position; location; base; point; site

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one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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management policies

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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in this way; like this

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spy

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

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to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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indicates emphasis

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

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conclusion; decision; end; settlement

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half share; half a man

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both; (not) either

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to obtain; to procure

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and then; after that

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having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

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gene; genetic

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oxygen inhalation

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litre; liter

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to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

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chronic (illness)

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within the blood; blood-borne

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concentration; thickness; density; cardinality

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing

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outsider; someone outside of a group

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we

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