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branch office; branch store

1

headquarters

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

2

bilingual

1

best; vest

1

choices; alternatives; options

2

from the beginning; from scratch

1

to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

6

university student; college student

1

to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud

1

stock offering (to the public)

2

the whole country

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

2

comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

1

coffee cup

1

to grasp tightly

2

ignorant of the ways of the world

1

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

1

years later

1

ten years; decade

1

to dream (of)

1

foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

2

Japanese company (business, firm)

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

branch office; agency; sub-branch

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

to authorize

1

common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

1

(computer) format

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

4

or; otherwise

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

self-torturing; masochistic

1

selection

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

template

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

market

1

match (contest); to match with; to go well with

1

stress

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

2

support; backing; aid; assistance

1

puppet; marionette

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

free-hand

1

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1