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marginal propensity to consume

capital formation

Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)

Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)

cost minimization

to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool

Dead Sea scrolls

locked in a grapple

financially scraping by

international liquidity

punctuation marks and other special symbols

positive externalities

Avogadro's constant

eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

date of issuance (e.g. of a license or passport)

to poke around

production function

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.)

text message or symbol on a busy mobile phone indicating a call arrival (DoCoMo feature)

Bromeliaceae (the bromeliad family of plants)

rupture

collective goods (i.e. goods or services such as parks, highways, etc. which could be supplied privately, but are usually provided by the government)

intermediate goods

reversal of monies, funds, commissions

Schrödinger's cat

monogamy

if man will not work, he shall not eat

one's deceased younger brother

Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)