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unprecedented; record-breaking

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good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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to be profitable; to yield a profit

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pre-war days; before the war

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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producing area

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economic growth

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

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manager; administrator

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government management; state management

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stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

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limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005

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joint stocks; entering into partnership

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in

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to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

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satisfactory; decent

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division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

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pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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promissory note

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cheque; check

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

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outsourcing

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cost; expense

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(kept) overnight

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end of the month

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

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selling on credit

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payday; date of payment

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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bank; banking institution

4

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

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journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping

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to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

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master of business administration; MBA; military base agreement

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acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

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foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm

1

finding employment; getting a job

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cultivator; farm tractor; tiller

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expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

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withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal

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chain; chains

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bulldozer

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heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun

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main question; real issue at hand

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transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

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