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word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

3

to form a line (row)

2

to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

3

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

1

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

1

crowd; throng

4

government official

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permit; license; licence

2

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program

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introductory remarks

2

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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desire; appetite; lust

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mechanical

2

successful bid; winning a tender

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mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

Mitama

2

throwaway; disposable; single-use

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to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

commotion; stir

1

valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

3

outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious

2

booing

3

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

2

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

2

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

2

sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring

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unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

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to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward

1

mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

1

tender winner; successful bidder; contract awardee

1

sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

1

good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal

5

thank you very much

2

assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job

2

soroban bead with value five

1

moment to quit; way to quit

2

price increase; rise in price

3

money tree; gold mine; cash cow; jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant

4

sword with a very long grip

1

to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)

2

short sword; small sword

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horseshoe crab

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

3

religious; spiritual

3

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

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ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

1

emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false

1

to spit

1

one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

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