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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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hard (life); tough (world)

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal

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it may be because

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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scoundrel; rascal; villain

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information exchange

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rear garden; back yard

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to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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to show up; to appear; to turn up

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telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

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reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

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to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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sports ground; sports oval

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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olden days; former

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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months (period of)

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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number of days; period of days; daily interest rate

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holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

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setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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permit

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unnecessary; unneeded

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home cooking

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furniture

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sewing; needlework

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housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

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to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

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sales; selling; marketing

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to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

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city

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to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

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stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny

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rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

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to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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high-pitched; shrill

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structure for housing heavy machinery

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brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

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