without compliments (greetings)
Industrial Revitalization Corporation (IRC) (Revitalisation)
assistant (to section manager)
Korean alcoholic beverage made from flour or sticky rice; makkolli; makgeolli
competent authorities; supervisory authority
local industry; traditional local industry
public funds; public money
regional economy; local economy
semi-governmental; semi-official
promotion of regional development; encouragement of local development
poor business performance; economic slump
nationalization; nationalisation
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
document circulated to staff to obtain approval (for a decision, policy, etc.)
another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out
reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to cut; to slit; to slash
modular bath; prefabricated bath
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
building lot; residential land
Financial Services Agency; FSA
depopulation; declining population
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
rejection; negation; voting down