collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
income; receipts; revenue
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
woman; female; feminine gender
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending