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a long time ago; long ago

3

letter paper

1

sum total; total amount

1

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

7

7000; seven thousand

4

debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

1

check

1

passbook; bankbook

1

1,000; one thousand

2

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

5

New Year

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

3

postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence

5

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

12

cheat; swindler

3

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

1

guarantee; security; assurance; warranty

6

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

2

(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

2

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

1

amount of money; sum

5

loan; debt; liability

3

to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for

2

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

2

shop; store; firm

1

presumption; assumption; estimation

3

100,000; hundred thousand

5

annual income

1

party member

3

progressive

1

political organization (organisation)

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

being in office; holding a position; employment; service

1

remittance; sending money; transferring money

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

predicament

1

assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)

2

racehorse

1

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

9

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

9

reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

8

rule; regulation

10

inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering

1

stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine

3

in this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception

3

prize; award

2

elated; triumphant; proud

1