the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
100,000; hundred thousand
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to sell off; to sell completely
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
content (of a mineral, etc.)
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
property; fortune; means; assets
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
to distract one's attention