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Toyota Motor

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establishment (of a business); founding

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

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newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)

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annals; chronicle; chronology

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to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

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historian

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gibbon

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autobiography

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to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)

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to waste time

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

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addition

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to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner

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person being waited for; person who waits

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good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

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to be late; to be unpunctual

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's liver

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insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

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to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

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glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

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confusion; mixing; merger

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personal use; private use; private business; personal business

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office supplies; stationery

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official

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ultra-luxurious; lavish

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entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

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too many to count; too numerous to mention

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the late; the deceased

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Matsushita Kounosuke (1894.11.27-1989.4.27)

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privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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official announcement; proclamation

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private management

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mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

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distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

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often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

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egoistic; self-centered; selfish

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confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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authority; power; influence

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to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

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weak person; the weak

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