promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
chō-han bakuchi; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
in the end; after all is said and done
gambling den; gambling house
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
ostentation; show; affectation
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
debit balance; outstanding credit; outstanding loan
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
price movement; price fluctuation
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
uncertainty about the future; concern about future prospects
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure