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to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

profit; earnings; stroke of luck

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

how much; how many; to what extent

3

strange voice

1

automated teller machine; automatic teller machine; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile

1

payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile

1

box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)

1

receipt of money; money received; receipts; depositing; deposit; payment

1

four o'clock

6

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

3

today; this day

2

sending; forwarding; shipping

1

simple; plain; modest

1

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

8

mechanical

1

to lie down (and rest)

2

homecoming; returning home

1

(words to) that effect

1

answer a roll call for another

1

to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures

1

to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around

1

to kill time

1

dawn; daybreak

2

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

5

alarm clock

1

sincerity; good faith

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

7

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

4

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

5

home delivery

3

hat; cap; cap (move)

4

deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person

2

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

1

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

5

packing tape

2

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

2

violent; rough

1

A4 (paper size)

3

cow hide tanned using tannin

1

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

2