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reference book

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superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

1

to use one's influence

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

throat; singing voice

2

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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connection

3

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

3

(the thing) itself

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merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

2

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

2

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

1

royal castle; imperial castle

1

librarian

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

best in the world

1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

1

considerably; fairly; quite

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

2

it is I who should say so

1

in the future; another day; later

1

appointment

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

5

tee-hee

1

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

to act; to take action

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barrage of questions

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

blank slate; tabula rasa

1

uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

2

change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

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report; notification; registration

2

having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

1

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

3

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

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(social) position; status

4

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

2

notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology

3

brand new; fresh

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start

2

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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