oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
export; exportation; efferent
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
storehouse; warehouse; godown
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
government; administration
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
(the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
rational; reasonable; logical
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
street; quarter; district; area
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)