Daily Vocabulary(2009/06/25)

7716.overwhelming(半端じゃない）
That is the overwhelming cost and difficulty involved in renting a place to live.
7717.security deposit(保証金）
Your landlord will ask you to pay first and last month's rent and a small security deposit.
7718.move in(引っ越す)
After you sign the contract, you move in.
7719.free up(～を解放する）
It would sure free up a lot of cash that people could put to use toward stimulating the economy.
7720.amounts to(結局～となる）
This almost feudal system amounts to an immense and unnecessary transfer of wealth from tenants to landlords.
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