cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
foreign; abroad; overseas
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
antidepression policy; antirecession policy; counterrecession policy; economic recovery policy; remedy for depression
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
power; authority; jurisdiction
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
you could say; you might say; verging on the
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
helping hand; help; support; aid
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
even though; despite; when
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
political measures; policy
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
taxpayers' hard-earned money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
support; backing; aid; assistance
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to discuss; to talk together
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)