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to meet the demand

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productivity

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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dependence; reliance

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Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

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eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

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(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets

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inferiority; low grade

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quantitative; concerning the quantity

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demand; need; demand

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necessary

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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high-quality goods; luxury item

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inevitable; necessary

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prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

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

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megalopolis; megacity; supercity

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consumption; expenditure; spending

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desire; appetite; lust

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expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

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high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree

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revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

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government; administration; ministry

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misgovernment

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shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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beyond description

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Isuke

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business ability; business acumen

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to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

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store; reserve; stock; savings

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silk

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cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

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ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

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hunger; starvation

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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fine clothes

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luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

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high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

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clothes

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extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

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furnishings; implements; equipment

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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luxury item; luxury goods

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large-scale

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entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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