to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
Financial Services Agency; FSA
due form; official; formality
application; request; petition
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
by means of; due to; because of; according to
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
people; men and women; each person; everybody
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
covered with; stained; smeared
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing