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had better do so

4

state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

8

rubbing one's hands together

6

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

1

what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

5

to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

37

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

2

declaration; profession

2

to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

3

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

1

iron pot; kettle

2

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

4

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

37

telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out

2

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

2

to save face

1

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

the wisdom of Manjushri

1

to contribute jointly

2

private possession

1

life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

6

to rack one's brain

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

16

to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

10

haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous

4

reasonable (price, fee, fare, rate, etc.); reasonably priced; affordable; reasonable (judgment, policy, response, etc.); appropriate; sensible

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

10

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

4

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

8

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

12

department store

6

congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties

2

private practice; one-person business; business-to-customer selling; B2C

2

hostess (of a party, event, etc.); hostess (at a bar, club, etc.); female host (of a TV or radio show)

7

what proportion; what percentage

1

taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)

1

business; trade; operations; sales

2

helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence

3

each other; one another

18

to get along well with; to make a go of it

3

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

2

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

1

scramble (for)

2

chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

6

individual; one by one; separate; each

4

awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

1

baseball

8

position

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