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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

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kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

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posing a question; question

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Chousokabe Motochika

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to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

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Michelangelo

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

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world; society; people; the public

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historian

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great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

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aha!; yes sir

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management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

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restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

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plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

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menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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head chef; master chef

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if; in case; supposing

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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board chairman

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solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

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immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

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class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

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wages; pay; rental payment

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respect; honour; honor

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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to pay respect (to)

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human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

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fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

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entrepreneur; person who starts a new business

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lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

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roadside

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stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

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opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

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vicious circle; vicious cycle

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limit; bound

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naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

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to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

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to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

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to subsist; to keep on living

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foolish; stupid; silly

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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