as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
rather; better; instead; if anything
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
department of economics; faculty of economics
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
share (in a company); stock
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
enterprise; business; company; corporation
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
commerce; trade; business
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
scale; scope; plan; structure
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
existence; being; presence