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representative

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(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

5

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind

1

Shinkansen; bullet train

1

commuting to work

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to move (house); to change residence

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

1

price; cost

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

only daughter

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

4

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

third-year student

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

1

opening ceremony (of the school term)

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

7

stir; commotion; noise

2

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

handsome youth (male); pretty boy

3

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

1

tremor; fluctuation

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

3

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

6

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

3

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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yesterday

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public junior high school

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

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nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)

1

to glare at; to scowl at

10

to sit on a seat

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schoolboy; male student

1

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

2

carefree; free from worry

1

Sasaki

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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

one week

5

popular person; favorite; favourite

2

sociable

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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