gazing at (in wonderment)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646.2.23-1709.2.19), Shougun 1680-1709
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to increase; to add to; to augment
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
talking politics; discussion of a law case
proposal; motion; recommendation
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
financial panic; financial crisis
in case of; at that time; at this time
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
expansionary fiscal policy
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
management; administration; operation
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
Euro-; euro (the currency)
economic crisis; financial crisis
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
able official; capable official