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advance payment; up-front payment; prepayment

3

loading and unloading

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

2

a long time (since the last time)

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to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

1

merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

3

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

3

along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

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

1

firm; company

3

gold stripes

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glass door

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reddish brown

2

fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall

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peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

1

prime of life

3

General Staff Headquarters

1

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

1

publisher

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb

1

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

3

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

1

Western style

1

change; money exchange

1

attendant's booth (in a bathhouse changing room); door-keeper's stand; watcher's seat

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

2

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

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foolish talk; idle talk

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

1

comparatively high; fairly expensive

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positive value

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to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount

1

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

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to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

2

sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely

4

transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration

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inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

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staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover

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roulette

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single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall

3

coating (of paper, etc.)

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

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common; frequent

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bright light; wedding ceremony

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bride

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rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

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lacking a plan; haphazard

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foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

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