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earnings

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to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

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crêpe

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to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

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capital; principal

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ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

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text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions

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one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

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one who knows little often repeats it; (lit.) a fool's one bit of knowledge

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pre-existing; already there; conventional

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scrap iron

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(a) Machiavellian; Machiavellist

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attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

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appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)

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sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower

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family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

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act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy

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next term

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usefulness

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Aegis-class cruiser

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SAM; surface-to-air missile

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to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)

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absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

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old man; old geezer

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to enlighten

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self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

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pageant

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acute ear; good ear

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praying for rain

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person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection

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village headman; village mayor

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to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule

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favour; favor

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to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

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to settle (a dispute)

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secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

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

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

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to degenerate; to lapse into

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fiction

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collapse; downfall

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flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)

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to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

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meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

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to pay attention (to)

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complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

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a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed

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offender; criminal; culprit

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