going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso
small-business lender; firm that makes short-term loans to small and medium-sized businesses; shōkō lender; small-business loan; company loans made by nonbank financial institutions
disk herniation; herniated disk; hernia of intervertebral disk; slipped disk
debtor; debit; way of borrowing
expansion policy; road to expansion
extending stay (somewhere)
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
knockoff; imitation product; counterfeit product
absolutely no smoking; complete smoking ban; total ban on smoking
treatment offered at beauty salons, etc. usually including hair care, scalp care and head massage; salon offering hair care, scalp care, etc.
chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables
bill strap; currency strap; currency band; wrapper band; newspaper band
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
supervisory auditor; member of inspection committee
maximum allowable single-day loss (stock exchange, etc.)
relevant documents; (all) the documents related (to the matter)
one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
young CEO; young company president
monetary offering; offertory
security for a loan; collateral
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
initial medical examination