public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
heating power; thermal power; firepower
paper mill; paper factory
one by one; one after another; successively
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
back street; back alley; off-street
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
death from disease; death from illness
(one's) quota; assignment
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
road maintenance; road improvement
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
large truck; semi-trailer
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
decision; settlement; definition