little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Organisation); OECD
price; cost; value; worth; value
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
Japanese person; Japanese people
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to refer to; to use as reference
if it is the case that ...
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
internal (domestic) affairs
accurate; correct; precise; exact
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
general idea; concept; notion
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
Great Depression (1929-1939)
depression; recession; slump
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)