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area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

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Tokyo

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general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

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Kanagawa (prefecture)

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Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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Kobe (city)

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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medium; mediocrity; average

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going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

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union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

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zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

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system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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to sell

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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that; the matter in question

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unexpected; surprising

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

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that is to say; so that means

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal

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is not; am not; are not

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it's no joke; gimme a break!

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to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

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once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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Rodgers; Rogers

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south

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last month

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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discharge; dismissal

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successor

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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management policies

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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a bit more; a bit longer

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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

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progress; development

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

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