liquor tax; tax on alcohol
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
explanation; interpretation
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
100,000,000; one hundred million
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine); dispensation (e.g. of heaven); providence; combining
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
proposal; offer; request; application
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
fee; charge; rate; material
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
down payment; contract money
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake