sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
suggestion; hint; implication
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
Tokyo Stock Price Index; TOPIX
Tokyo Stock Price Index; TOPIX
Japan and the Philippines
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
installation; setting; fitting; mounting
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
beforehand; in advance; previously
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid