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management reorganization; management reorganisation

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meeting

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renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal

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sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

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hell and high water

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to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

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10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad

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middle class; bourgeoisie

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real estate business

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secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

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share (of expenses); equity (in company); holdings; interest (in company)

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exorcism rite; purification

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harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)

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dignity; majesty; sanctity

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no good at cooking

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sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

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peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days

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branch store; branch of a firm

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granduncle

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borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter

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old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

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distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness

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emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

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museum

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to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation

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store for rent

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rent; rental

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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lease agreement; rental contract

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renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism

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high price; heavy price

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Japanese cooking

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counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

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soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar

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dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)

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small dish

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables

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camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

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you can do it if you try

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an honest man; a good citizen

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tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen

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roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

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egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade

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poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming

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