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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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making do; getting by (somehow); managing

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contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)

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small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

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company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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impassioned speech; fervent speech

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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public spirit

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tax; duty

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public works; public-works projects; public utilities

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investment

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

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complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

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building

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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debt; liabilities

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abatement; reduction

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throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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sense for (how to use) money; money sense

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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profit; returns

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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most; extremely

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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mistake; error; blunder

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

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service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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to make sense; to be meaningful

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manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

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feedback

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Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

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son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

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a period of two days

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reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

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