Imagine encountering this sentence:

業者と結託して私腹を肥やす。

Wow, it has a lot of tough vocabulary! Actually, the first word is logical enough:

業者 (ぎょうしゃ: trader)

After all, it breaks down as trade + person.

Aside from that, what's really going on in this sentence? The radicals and the odd character may be familiar, but ... I'll give you a moment to ponder it all before I reveal the answer.

Photo Credit: Eve Kushner

I knew Snoopy was popular in Japan (as this Kobe shop makes obvious), but I didn't realize until yesterday that Charles Schulz had a connection to Japan.

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