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arbitrator; mediator; go-between

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reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

2

resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite

1

tenth; tithe

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annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts

1

forwarding agent; carrier

1

almsgiving

2

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

4

to harbor ill feeling

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

3

good deed; good conduct; benevolence

2

unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

1

good opportunity; chance

2

care of; c/o

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

2

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

2

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

1

cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

4

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

to the best of my ability, poor though it be

1

Dear

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piled stones; stacked stones; foundation stone; cornerstone

1

patronage; favour; favor; custom

1

eternity; perpetuity

2

news of someone's death; obituary

1

heartfelt

2

to backbite

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all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit

1

man; male; masculine gender

4

arriving first; first to arrive; moving first

1

sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

1

(overnight) stay; lodging

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

2

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

2

arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant

2

craftsman; artisan

1

order; request

1

impression of a seal

1

externals; external form

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

2

native gold

2

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

1

detailed; minute

4

depiction; description; portrayal

1

casting; founding; minting

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

4

imperial proclamation

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