rice gruel with mochi; azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month
husband; male patron; male customer
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
nature of business; business operations
restructuring of the financial industry; reorganization of financial systems
all living things must die
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
all hindrances; all obstacles
to arrange; to manage (to find time)
finance-related; financial
electrician; electrical engineering; electric works (following company name)
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
draw; tie; quits; even; square
only recently; just recently; only yesterday
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
(another person's) nephew
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
overhear; happened to hear that
company fortunes; future of a company
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)