jpdb beta

Sun

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publication

4

sale; sales; selling; marketing

1

application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)

1

Tokyo

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district court

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as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

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(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

3

agency; distributor

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

2

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

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seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

5

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

3

but; however; although

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if it's the case

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to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

1

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

1

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

9

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

1

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

1

all; everyone; everybody

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

3

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

5

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

establishment (of a business); founding

2

since; henceforth; ever since

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

2

not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

5

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

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amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

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to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)

2

nothing but; except; no more than

4

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

each; respectively

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one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)

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novel serialized in a newspaper

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