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(cherry) blossom season

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tip; gratuity; alms

1

careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash

1

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

3

funds; capital

1

to be working hard; to be doing one's best

2

lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss

3

bitter enemy

2

large number of people

1

whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; in any case; (lit.) whether you laugh or cry

1

complete financial statement; summing up; concluding

1

nine times; twisting around many times

1

dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer

1

the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore

1

temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path

1

(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive

4

at precisely that time; at exactly that moment; just then; right then

1

twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

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fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting

1

I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me

1

Kiko

2

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

affirmative

2

definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled

1

jade (stone); kingfisher

1

to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

2

member of a group

5

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

5

crusher

1

second step; hesitation

1

negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations

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secret agreement

2

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

sociability

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politics; government

2

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

human relations; personal relationships

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

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to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

3

(yet) again

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littering; (carelessly) tossing away

3

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

1

trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

the same; the said; likewise

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diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

2

botanical garden

2

forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement

1

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

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insect; bug

1

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

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