throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
100,000; hundred thousand
several times; a few times
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
specialist newspaper; trade journal; specialist journal
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
the following week; the next week
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)