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bureau director; office chief

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

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likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

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individual; private person; personal; private

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one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

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official business; public business

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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absurd; unreasonable

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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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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

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as if; as though

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to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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history

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be; is

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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emperor (of Japan); mikado

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many; much; plenty; hardly

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dynasty

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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was

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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first generation; founder

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to establish; to formulate

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second generation; second; junior

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mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

internal disunity; internal division; internal rift

1

which; what (way)

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birth; creation; formation

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

3

factor; factor; divisor

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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short life; short lived

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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tableland; plateau

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

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sphere of influence

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nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race

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existence; being

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