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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

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Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)

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subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)

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Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act

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digestif

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certificate

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prime contract work; prime contractor

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he said, she said

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public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road

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single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone

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bases loaded

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three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)

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inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness

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delivery; issuance; handing over; granting

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revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change

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avoiding or dodging responsibility

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drastic; radical

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please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

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intimidating enough to quieten a crying child

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prefectural road

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money collection

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profit

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

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to grumble about something (trivial)

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on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

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cost of materials

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to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

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to state one's opinion

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blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

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buying; purchasing

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end of the earth

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opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

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jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced

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to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

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to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum

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to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

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(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

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having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

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dinner; evening meal

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

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real estate agent; realtor

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simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt

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pardon me for leaving (first)

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punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code

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inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

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good night

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our company; my company

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highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

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