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core business

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without compliments (greetings)

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Sachiko

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assistant (to section manager)

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Korean alcoholic beverage made from flour or sticky rice; makkolli; makgeolli

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competent authorities; supervisory authority

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local industry; traditional local industry

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budget bureau

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Silicon Valley

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public funds; public money

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regional economy; local economy

1

semi-governmental; semi-official

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promotion of regional development; encouragement of local development

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poor business performance; economic slump

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megabank; major bank

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another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out

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reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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fixed quantity

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working capital

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to cut; to slit; to slash

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housing loan; mortgage

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modular bath; prefabricated bath

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entrepreneur; person who starts a new business

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indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower

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building lot; residential land

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depopulation; declining population

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boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud

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raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running

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uniform; standard

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preceding fiscal year

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remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

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compliance

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legislative bill; measure; agenda item

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Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ

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to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

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credit; claim

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focus; nidus; lesion

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the management ranks

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face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

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each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

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retirement; resignation; stepping down

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Ministry of Finance

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wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely

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pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

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financial world; business circles

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secondary

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heart attack; myocardial infarction

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(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

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political strength

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