public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
100,000; hundred thousand
farmland; rice field or paddy
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
drawers; knickers; bloomers
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
speech; expression; wording; language
to cut; to slit; to slash
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say