Vocabulary

teatime; tea break; coffee break

housing finance

housing finance

whole nation; entire nation; all the people

multiple tax rate

being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper

bactericidal action; germicidal action

gown technique (i.e. use of gowns in sterile environments)

foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm

kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person

new round of multilateral trade negotiations

masked burglar; masked bandit

robbery; robbery case; burglary

rubber mask

amount of payment; amount paid

inability to follow Buddhist teachings; person unable to follow Buddhist teachings

manufacturing process; production manufacture

environmental testing

skin-side (of a fillet of fish)

visiting one's constituency

continental Europe

tie-up negotiations; tie-up talks

defense outlay; defense spending

two-country model (esp. China and Taiwan); two-country doctrine

China and Taiwan

items for rent; items for loan

fried food wrapped in nori

arteria hepatica propria; hepatic artery proper; proper hepatic artery

commemoration meeting

flat-out run; driving at full speed

wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

attacking each other; mutual attack

business in the Diet; managing Diet affairs

public expenditure; public outlay; public spending

preventing recurrence (of); preventing from happening again

grain of boiled rice

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

exhibition of original images

advance reservation