personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
economic problem; financial problem
raising (a question); posing (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); lodging; (arch.) lifting up
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
national finance; central government finance
semi-governmental; semi-official
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Long Depression (1873-1896); Great Depression; Great Recession (2007-2009)
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
declining birth rate and aging population
many problems; various problems
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
(death from) starvation; starving to death
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
reset; fresh start; new beginning
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
doctors; teachers; lawyers
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
yen basis (for trade, exchange, etc.); yen-denominated; yen-based
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
as; because; with; due to
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
Japanese government bond; JGB