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private management

2

retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)

4

variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse

3

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

2

half a year; six months

3

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

7

about 80%; almost certainly; mostly

2

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

2

forte; strong point

1

ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction

3

blackboard

10

war preparation

2

party of tourists

3

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

4

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

2

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

1

to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion

4

articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well

1

talk; chat

2

to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

1

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

8

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

7

Hamanaka

1

trekking

1

cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

1

one's hometown

1

Imai

1

Suzuki

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

2

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

7

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

3

service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry

2

of all people

2

furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest

1

small restaurant; eating house

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

1

to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer

4

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

2

change; fluctuation

1

natural disaster

2

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

4

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

6

order slip; order form

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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