national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
10^44; hundred tredecillion
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
small hill; low hill; hillock
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)