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of great promise; with a promising future

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high price

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

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financing; loan

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indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

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one-of-a-kind item

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specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

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supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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shopping district; shopping street; downtown

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each shop

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in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

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shop; store

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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so far as

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

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demand for; request

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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(kinds of) meat

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business practice; commercial practice; trade usage

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impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

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traffic; volume or quantity of goods transported

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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rare article; rare item

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going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

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to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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buying; purchasing

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regional difference

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

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dungeon

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labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon

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maze; labyrinth; inner ear

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maze

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sinophone world; Chinese-speaking world

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magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

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miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases

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creation; generation; formation; derivation

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cavern; cave; cave system; grotto

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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