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Starting from a low social, financial, or professional status.
Among the best in the world.
The usual series of activities that someone does every day.
Complete commitment and hard work toward a specific skill or profession.
The degree of skill or technical proficiency with which a task is performed or a work of art is created.
To weaken, damage, or lower the standards of something, such as quality or reputation.
A professional trade or skill, especially one involving practical skills and manual dexterity, pursued as a lifelong calling.
A Japanese term for a master craftsman who is deeply dedicated to their craft and feels a social obligation to work their best.