natural span of life; 250 years old
this world; this life; this generation; present day
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
global scale; worldwide scale
currency intervention; foreign exchange market intervention; currency manipulation
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
actual business; actual economy; real economy
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
joint together; opposite; facing
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
wet nurse; nursing mother
(Edo-period) chief minister
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
intelligence agency; secret service
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
military service; conscription
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)