(company's) main financing bank; principal bank
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to make an appearance; to show up
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
around the world; throughout the world
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to chase; to run after; to pursue
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly