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(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

1

Flam (Norway)

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

1

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

6

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

5

to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

1

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

6

refining; refinement; smelting; training

2

most important

3

rare metal; minor metal

2

long-distance transportation (transport, haulage)

2

export; exportation; efferent

4

recent years

2

demand; request

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

2

transport; transportation

25

cost

3

(manufacturing) industry

1

development; growth

3

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

2

self-sufficiency

1

resources

3

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

4

market price or value

1

export controls

2

20 percent

3

to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

1

colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

1

independence; self-reliance

6

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

3

political

20

feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism

1

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

5

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

1

moon; month

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

3

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

3

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

5

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

3

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

10

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

8

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

2

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

4

to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

1