use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
ingredient; component; composition
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
buying futures; speculation
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
bubble economy (of Japan, 1986-1991)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
(police) detective; criminal matter
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
few decades; many decades; several decades
sensitivity to the times; sense of the times
how many years; how long; what year
what date?; what's the date?; when?
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel