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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

inside and outside the company

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

2

traitor; rebel

10

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

2

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

to besmirch; to sully

1

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

1

bidding price; price tendered

22

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

(a) few; some; several

1

cushion

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

businessman; industrialist

1

influence; clout; leverage

3

royal palace

2

intelligence agency; secret service

1

keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)

7

to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

2

open bid or tender

1

in succession; one by one

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

3

staple product of an industry; core product

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

1

foreign business; foreign enterprise; foreign corporation

1

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

1

to state; to express; to mention

1

act; deed; conduct

2

opposition party; political opposition; opposition

2

political friend; friend with the same political views

1

Nagano (city, prefecture)

1

party leader

1

discomfort

1

independent action; acting alone

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

1

grandpa; granddad

1

grandchild

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

to make an apology

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path

1

extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya

1

long way; great distance

1