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hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier

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roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

3

bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit

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real name

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

logic

1

joker; joker; funny guy

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

2

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

desk; copy editor

1

pamphlet; brochure; leaflet

2

business model

1

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

town; city; municipal; urban

1

gambling

1

to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan

1

theme park

3

to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)

2

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

2

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part

4

allotment; apportionment; share; dividend

1

slot machine; fruit machine; poker machine

2

dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

1

around the world; throughout the world

1

thousand; 1,000

2

100,000; hundred thousand

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also called

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even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even

3

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

2

tehonbiki (type of card game associated with gambling)

1

hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower

1

mahjong; mah-jongg

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slot; slot machine

1

pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

2

in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

illegal; unlawful

7

source of funds; resources; finances

1

several times; once or twice

1

stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise

1

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

as far as I know

1

raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

1

immediately; right away; on the spot

5

prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary

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source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

1