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to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

2

redoing

1

one after another; in succession

1

arrest; roundup

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

3

account book; register; ledger

2

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

2

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

2

top floor

1

floor

1

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

1

company; corporation; workplace

1

office

1

clerical desk; office desk

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

1

bald head; baldness

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

5

the world in general; society; convention

1

grandpa; granddad

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

basking in the sun

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

12

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

going alone; self-reliance

1

you; my dear; hey

1

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

3

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

great majority

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

to make sense

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

tidying up; finishing

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

yakuza

1

able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability

1

police officer; policeman; policewoman

1

number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

rarely; seldom

1

crisis management

1