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pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

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scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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feel; touch

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(another's) daughter; young lady

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introductory remarks

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servant; manservant; menial

2

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

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heavy

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high salary

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headache

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tinnitus; ringing in the ears

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to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

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credit; claim

2

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

2

debt collector; bill collector; repo man

1

cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

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economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

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worst case

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confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

2

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

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apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor

2

sisters

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house; building

1

daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares

1

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

1

tatami-matted

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low table

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

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bucket; pail; tub

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nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

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alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

2

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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grain of rice

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

2

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

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guess; conjecture; surmise

2

to keep silent

4

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

1

sense; infer

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

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to take the form (of); to assume a shape

2

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

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

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assumption; supposition; hypothesis

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