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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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had better do so

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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to rebuild; to reconstruct

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minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

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surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

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renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring

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cost; expense

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here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

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estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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small; little; tiny

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town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

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little by little; bit by bit

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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paper money; note; bill

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to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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indeed; it's no wonder

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so; therefore; and; (and) then

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street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

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moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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Kurata

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receipt of money; money received; receipts; depositing; deposit; payment

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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buyer

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policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

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to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled

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weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

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to be slow in saying

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using up one's paid vacation days; using up one's holiday entitlement

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to save up (money)

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funds; capital

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(someone else's) parents; both parents

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father

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Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

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mother

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full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker

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telephone call; telephone (device)

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this sort of; this type of

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timing

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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aha!; yes sir

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frightening; terrifying

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intimidating air; sense of intimidation

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remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

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rage; fury

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)

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night

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