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Mimi

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global standard; global standards

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Yoshioka

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beluga whale (Delphinapterus Leucas)

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cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.)

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truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school

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delay

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to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense

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vertically structured society

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project team

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Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne

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Ryousuke

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Iwai

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improved version; variant (of a pathogen)

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complete lie; outright lie

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courtesy call; courtesy visit

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Reina

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stray dog

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holding on to; sticking to

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reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)

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dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person

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arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)

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question and answer session

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drop of water; polka dots

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businessman

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young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

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linen robe

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both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

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grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

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1000 yen

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to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

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to come into view

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cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric

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retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

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unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

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expert

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big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

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arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

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to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)

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urgent business; pressing need; imperative

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of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

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food and drink; eating and drinking

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5,000,000; five million

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light weight

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

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gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

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person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

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