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first-class hotel

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Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)

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drink money; drinking money

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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shyness; shame

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regret; repentance

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to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)

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after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

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to ask the way

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silence

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tail lamp

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to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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many; much; plenty; hardly

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

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still; even now; to this day

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race (of people); type of person

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breathtaking

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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shoulder (of a road); berm

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big shot; higher-ups

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

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to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

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on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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on the road

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footpath; walkway; sidewalk

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

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going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

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

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checking one's e-mail

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good morning

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heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop

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circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)

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within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

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desk work

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physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening

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just past noon; afternoon

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resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper

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to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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day before yesterday

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