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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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experience

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properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

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substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

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family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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person of culture; cultured person

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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son-in-law

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maybe; could be; might

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age difference; age gap

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adopted daughter; foster daughter

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

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one's chance; the right time; target; objective

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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14; fourteen

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I; me; you; manservant

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present; gift

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position

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unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool

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side

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traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

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to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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end-of-year

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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hunger; starvation

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murder; killing; murderer

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

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nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

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devious; cunning; sly; crafty

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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