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the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

2

to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse

1

brain; brains; mind

1

nimble; smart; quick

1

all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

4

brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

2

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

2

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

2

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

1

simple and clear; plain and simple

1

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

1

law; rule

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

3

descendant; posterity; offspring

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

2

landlord; landlady

2

to take over; to hand over

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

3

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

depravity; corruption; degradation

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

2

survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat

1

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

to snatch; to steal

1

(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

2

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

1

express mail

1

usual mail

1

one week

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

2

to affect; to impact; to influence

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

3

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

2

collecting; assembling

1

loan

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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