[みずしょうばい, mizushoubai] (n) (1) chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability; (2) the entertainment, eating, and drinking business; (3) the night entertainment (nightlife) business [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
chancy \chancy\ adj.
1. depending on chance.
Syn: chanceful, dicey, dodgy, hazardous, risky.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. subject to accident or chance or change.
Syn: fluky, flukey, iffy.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chancy
adj 1: of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an
extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid
nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker [syn: {chancy},
{chanceful}, {dicey}, {dodgy}]
2: subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at
best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky
wind"; "an iffy proposition" [syn: {chancy}, {fluky},
{flukey}, {iffy}]
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