one's possessions; ownership
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
yield; crop; production; volume; piecework
genius; prodigy; natural gift
limit price (e.g. on a stock transaction); price limit
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
prohibition; inhibition; ban
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
image of (an ideal) person
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
having said that; on the other hand
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
bad debt; nonperforming loan
mercy; merciful heart; charity
one end; an end; part; fragment
weight; loan-to-value ratio; loanable value; yarn over (knitting stitch)
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to become poor; to be poor
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
offensive (movement); aggression
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone