accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
even more; still more; further
source of funds; source of money
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
continuing at a high level; remaining high
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to take measures (against); to take steps
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
since one was born; (in) all one's life
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to rally; to make a comeback
society; public; community; social studies
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
two sly characters outfoxing each other; (lit.) a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate