boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
Nicolai; Nicolais; Nikolai; Nikolais
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
complication; confusion; disorder
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
treaty of commerce and navigation
Komura Jutarou (1855-1911)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
finance-related; financial
new and old; incoming and outgoing
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
share (in a company); stock
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
papermaking; paper manufacture