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to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

3

fifth day of the month; five days

1

conference room; council room

9

(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity

7

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

1

Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)

1

established practice; custom

1

event; function

1

twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days

1

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

5

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

7

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

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surveillance camera; security camera

3

to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

thought; idea; ideology

2

devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

1

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

suspect (person)

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

3

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

1

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

3

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

2

main thread (of a story)

2

meeting

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rest; break; recess; intermission

1

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

1

coffee maker

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

1

to make coffee; to brew coffee

1

subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line

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from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

5

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

2

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

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T; t; ton; tonne; (airport) terminal; nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

2

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

2

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

2

precisely because

3

to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

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should not; must not

1

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

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at once; immediately; right now

4

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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