triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
clothes; clothing; garments
kanji "thread" radical at left; textile industry
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
various countries; various regions; various provinces
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
to go with the flow; to go with the times
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
naturalization; naturalisation
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
bubble economy (of Japan, 1986-1991)
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
separately; apart; severally; individually
grandfather; male senior-citizen
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
sensitivity; susceptibility
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise