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decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

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significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive

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history; career

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unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

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objective

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subjective

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future prospects; promise

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unpredictability; element of surprise

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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part of end phrase in a letter

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to be

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your company; your shrine

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prayer; supplication

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different (from); not the same (as)

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viewing as a problem; problematizing

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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before long

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decision; settlement; definition

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

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confrontation; opposition; antagonism

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privacy

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corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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to be able to see

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item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

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pilot

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corrected eyesight

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to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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spinal reflex

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opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)

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job; work; duties; trade; skill

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acquisition; possession

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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solution; solution strategy

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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