assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
first half of the (fiscal) year
city bank; metropolitan bank
swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
amount financed; loan amount
to pay (out); to drive away
reopening after renovation
cost-cutting; cost reduction
additional finance; additional funding
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
half-term; half-time; half period
year on year; on the previous year
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
cost reduction; cost saving
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
globalization; globalisation
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
finance business; moneylending business
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination
silverware; silver tableware
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
inspector; examiner; auditor
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
affiliated company; affiliated business
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
to be all out; to exhaust
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...