raw materials; ingredients
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
daily necessities; everyday item
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
prohibition; ban; embargo
casting; founding; minting
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to cast; to mint; to coin
counterfeiting; forgery; fabrication
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
monetary system; currency
good-quality; superior in quality
good-natured; of good character
strong nation; powerful country
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
everyone at once; everyone together
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
mobilization; mobilisation
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy