national crisis; national disaster
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
to anticipate; to foresee
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
private funds; own funds; private property
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
judgment; judgement; discernment
firm; unshakeable; resolute
newspaper story (article, account)
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
guess; speculation; supposition