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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry

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motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

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white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

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yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

3

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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offensive; aggressive

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

2

moment; instant

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

3

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

2

terrace (in a garden)

1

carving; engraving; sculpture

1

pose; pause

1

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

Monet; Monnet

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percent; percentage

5

deposit; earnest money

2

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)

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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

5

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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private; personal life; (one's) privacy

3

(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer

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Japanese domestic

2

afflux; influx

1

many; numerous

3

Impressionists

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

3

to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

2

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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outside the company

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

shop; store

2

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size

2

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

2

network

2

market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

2

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

3

seller; vendor

2

buyer

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remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

1

consultant

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rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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