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unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

5

to be able to manage somehow or another

1

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

2

many; 84,000

1

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

1

estimate (of costs); budget

4

consumer

1

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

3

first; new

3

television program; TV program

1

Internet auction

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

2

bidding price; price tendered

13

penalty

1

forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

3

manners; etiquette

4

against the rules

3

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

effect; efficacy; omen

1

palatial residence; stately mansion

2

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

4

close; intimate; on good terms

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry

1

tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order

9

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

2

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

New Year's Eve; December 31

1

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

1

settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

2

end of the month

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

5

additional order; adding to an existing order

1

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

7

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

2

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

2

to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon

1

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

2

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

conspiracy; collusion

2

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

2

stage; performance

8

little theater; small theater

1

full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied

1