external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
political measures; policy
to become settled; to be fixed
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
function; facility; faculty; feature
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to repeat; to do something over again
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
river; stream; River; the ... river
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
wherein; therein; thereinto
first generation; founder
land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
operating expenses; budget
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
estimate (of costs); budget
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
communism; Communist Party
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force