public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
another; different; something else
rapids; shallows of a river
steady; firm; solid; secure
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
common name; popular name
professional job; profession
in one's own way or style
(not so) much; (not) very
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
to paint (draw) a picture
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to exchange; to interchange
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
ignorant of the ways of the world
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just