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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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to propose; to suggest

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to ponder; to brood

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to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

This isn't over; I will get my revenge

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Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery

1

without a vote

5

to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

1

election administration

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to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

1

population; common talk

1

place of employment

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Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe

1

aging society; ageing society

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required subject; compulsory course

1

adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion

1

several years standing; over several years

1

to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

1

declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

1

productive age; working age

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

another prefecture; other prefectures

1

increase

1

to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)

1

making a loss; incurring a deficit

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

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time limit

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joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

2

slogan

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn

5

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

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

2

more than ... years; -odd years

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

3

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

3

one month

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secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

3

bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

3

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

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