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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

1

revision; amendment; alteration

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

1

financial Big Bang (1996-2001)

1

Japan

4

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

2

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

198

financial market; money market

1

to; towards; for

1

entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

14

tax; duty

10

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

63

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

5

person

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

36

to escape

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

environment; circumstance

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

21

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

1

tax haven

6

tax shelter; tax avoidance scheme; tax haven

3

offshore center; offshore centre

1

perpetual traveller (traveler); permanent traveller; permanent tourist

1

to be something familiar

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

94

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

tax evasion

17

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

internal; domestic

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

Hong Kong; Hongkong

5

Singapore

7

Switzerland

1

Caribbean Sea

1

national tax

2

inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

5

government service; the bureaucracy

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

globalization; globalisation

1

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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