competitive bids or bidding
Minister of International Trade and Industry
savings account; deposit account
assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets
crypto-assets; cryptocurrency assets
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
price per unit of area; price per square meter (metre)
first half of the (fiscal) year
city bank; metropolitan bank
swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
business improvement order
land swindler; fraudulent land broker
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
auto-answer; automatic answering
to pay (out); to drive away
certification of official registration of a seal
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
the Building Standards Act
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
Champagne tower; Champagne pyramid