to make merry; to be festive
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
Nikkei Stock Average (price)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
wherein; therein; thereinto
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
considerably; greatly; a lot
time; season; period; phase; stage
to put into effect; to put into practice
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
opening a business; opening a practice
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
hey there; I say; see here
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
journal; magazine; periodical
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
publicity or advertising expenses
price decision; price setting; pricing
sense of values; values; value system
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
profitable plan; good plan
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
beyond this point; from now on; after this