doji n. a stock-trading session in which the opening and closing prices are (nearly) the same. Editorial Note: The plural is also doji. Etymological Note: From the Japanese doji どじ ‘a blunder; a blunderer; a fool or foolish thing.’ (source: Double...
doji n.— «Instead, it concerns an arcane 17th century Japanese method of mastering the markets via a system of “harmi line patterns,” “doji line candles” and “dark cloud corners.”» —“Pembroke: Careless underground leak blows Murdoch’s cover” by...
doji n.— «In no time you’ll be looking at your candlestick charts (which are based on an ancient Japanese system developed to analyze rice contracts) and looking for exotic price patterns like “morning star,” “dark cloud cover” and “dragon-fly doji...
doji n.— «When a stock’s opening price and closing price are virtually the same, it is called a “doji” in candlestick parlance. The third stock formed what is known as a “gravestone doji,” which is a type of shooting star.» —“Shooting Stars are not...
shoshika n.— «The decline in Japan’s birth rate is so severe they have invented a word for it—”shoshika,” meaning a society without children.» —“Japan sounds alarm on birth rate” by Jonathan Head in Tokyo BBC Dec. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
kaizen n.— «Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement, taken from the words “kai,” meaning “change,” and “zen,” meaning “good.” The general translation is “change for the better.” In industry today, Kaizen connotes practicing...
