window dressing; hiding bad assets; selling off unwanted stocks
Financial term for temporarily moving bad loans or unwanted securities off the books, often to improve appearances. Common in phrases like 飛ばし行為 or 飛ばし取引.
The bank was hiding its bad loans through window dressing.
The stock price plummeted when the window-dressing transactions came to light.
The company engaged in window dressing to make its unsold assets look better on the books.
The window dressing was uncovered during an audit, and the management resigned.
long hitter; power hitter · fast driver; speed demon
burner phone; throwaway mobile phone
article based on unconfirmed reports; unsubstantiated news story
skim reading; skipping through text
skipping Nagoya; bypassing Nagoya
Standard kanji form; used in financial contexts.
Kana spelling is common in news and explanatory texts.
Noun form of the verb 飛ばす (to let fly, to send off), used figuratively in finance to mean 'making something fly away' from the balance sheet.