noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

adverb:

• earlier than usual; ahead of time; in good season

noun:

• labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers

expression:

• by mere chance; by some chance; somehow or other; in some way

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• formal; orthodox; in earnest

expression:

• might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb

noun:

• carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who take the initiative in relationships with men ➜ 肉食系女子【にくしょくけいじょし】

noun:

• capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment

noun:

• profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit

expression:

• please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

noun / ~する noun:

• getting oil; extraction of oil (e.g. from seeds); drilling for oil

noun:

• automatic teller machine; ATM; flexi-teller; hole-in-the-wall - From English "cash-service corner"

expression:

• ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

noun:

• incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream ➜ 夢魔【むま】

noun:

• bonus stock issue; rights stock issue; selling new stock for less than face value

expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

noun:

• limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文のまま【げんぶんのまま】

noun:

• renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; risking one's life for others - Buddhism term