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how long; how far; how much

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

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bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money

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transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup

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Yokoyama Takashi (1948.10.6-)

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manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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emphasis-adding particle

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

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transactions; dealings; business

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basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

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the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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two; 2

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Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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prize; award

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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press conference; news conference

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bombshell announcement; bombshell statement

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even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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revenge

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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cardless (payment, etc.; e.g. by registering one's credit card on one's smartphone)

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member; the membership

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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even if not; even without

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to take time

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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no; nope

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narrow escape from death

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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huge; big; enormous

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spacious; vast; wide

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four

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metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge

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near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

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to tower over the surroundings

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very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

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