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collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

3

1000 yen

3

Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)

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in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

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uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

2

tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

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in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

2

to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities

1

which; well; now; c'mon

1

new book; new publication

1

minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

1

to be sold out

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to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

1

attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

dirty; unclean

1

the question remains; it comes into question

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

minor injury

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car accident; automobile accident

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

4

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

1

starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)

1

bourgeois

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money

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soul; spirit

1

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

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driver; chauffeur

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lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money

5

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

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to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

going slowly

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10,000 yen

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payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment

1

grey (gray)

1

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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monosyllable

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apologetic

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small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

3

(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

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I have nothing to do with it

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

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review (of learned material); revision

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

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interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

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