prior investment; upfront investment
company; corporation; workplace
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
two persons; two people; pair; couple
in this way; thus; such; uh...
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
world; society; people; the public
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to pass (of time); to elapse
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
youngest daughter (of a good family)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling