to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
research; study; investigation
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
porcelain; china; chinaware
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
bond; bill; certificate; security
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
every day and every night
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
improvement of one's constitution; reformation
verbal promise; one's word
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail