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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

retainer; retinue; servant

1

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

1

a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

3

treatment; therapy; cure

2

Chouitsu

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

vassal; retainer

2

five; 5

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

uproar; disturbance

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

long visit; overstaying

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

3

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

2

early

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

2

on what business

1

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

2

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

group; gang; bunch

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

1

why; how

1

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

possession; owning

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

3

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

2

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

12

good health

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

3

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

crybaby; blubberer

1

was

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rarely; seldom

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

1