man; male; masculine gender
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
extinction; annihilation; destruction
factory; plant; mill; workshop
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
foreign enemy; outside invader
domestic affairs; internal administration
deviation; departure; omission
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
irrational (line of) argument
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
off-shoot; noble (family) sibling
person killed in action; the war dead
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent