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attempted extortion; extortion attempt

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Yasufumi

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sales contract

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English composition

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Sayuri

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welfare pension

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if you run after two hares you will catch neither

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manufacturing cost; production cost

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to have (esp. sex, food, etc.)

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nation building

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Shirou

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decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity

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rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

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Keita

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(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)

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open water pipe; conduit

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embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup

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contribution to society

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not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

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scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

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emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

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clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood

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mulberry plantation

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diversification

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good grief

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to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods

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spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind

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in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime

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to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away

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working without pay; free service; work for nothing

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to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

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one month

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fund; foundation

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appraiser

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break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity

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settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)

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water's edge; beach; shore

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weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

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leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

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present post; current office; (an) incumbent

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incompetent; have no merit

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cabinet ministers

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president's office; director's office

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boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

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gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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advance payment; money paid in advance

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to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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