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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

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only; merely; but; no more than

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to share

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food

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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to share

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even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

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adult; grown-up

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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to repeat; to do something over again

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personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

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treasure

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once more; again

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to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

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clapping hands; applause

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as (somebody) says

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we

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

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the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo

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evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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financing; loan

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to live; to make a living; to get on with

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compared to

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

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we; us

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to show; to display

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(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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client

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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