to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
postwar period; period after Second World War
aggregate amount of indebtedness
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
drama; play; powerful drug
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
historic; historical; traditional
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
beginning; outset; first; onset
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be surprised; to be astonished
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
native rock; natural rock
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
of course; certainly; naturally
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)