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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

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traditional; conventional

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flooring (material)

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

3

soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush

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substitute

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

4

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)

1

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

2

episode; anecdote; vignette

1

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

1

punishment; penalty

1

space (room, area, outer space)

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

Japanese-style room

2

criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

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national treasury

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

2

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

1

fine; penalty

1

forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

1

property; fortune; assets

1

restoration; repair; mending

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

to look into; to peer in

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

adult; grown-up

2

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

relief; peace of mind

1

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

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

5

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

price; cost

3

sales; selling; marketing

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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