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to hesitate; to waver

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shoji (paper sliding door)

4

tatami-matted

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welcome!; nice to see you!

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older brother

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vice minister

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had better ...; had better not ...

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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white porcelain

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good contrast; marked contrast

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thigh; femoral

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socks

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sailor suit; middy uniform

1

scramble; struggle

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close to the wall; alongside the wall

2

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child

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unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

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as one promised

2

document; official papers

4

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

1

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

exhibition; display; putting on show

1

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

3

connection; pull

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

safe; vault; storage cabinet

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

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conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

end of term

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

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ordering (materials); placing an order; order

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to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

2

sadistic

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public works; public-works projects; public utilities

1

corruption

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consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging

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open tendering; open competitive bidding

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

2

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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construction work

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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

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general contractor; main contractor; major construction company

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