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attracting customers

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

4

to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

manager; proprietor

1

the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

1

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

1

funds; capital

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

article; thing; object; property; real estate

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

square metre; square meter

1

soundproofing

1

institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

1

(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness

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Shige

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Shigezou

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

2

the Sun

2

season; time of year

1

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

2

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

2

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

5

steam whistle

2

to sell (a thing) cheap

1

mooring; anchorage

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

2

harbour; harbor; port

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

fishing industry; fishery

1

association; union; guild

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

2

contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

1

landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)

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fish

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

typhoon; hurricane

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stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

1

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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of all people

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in haste

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