the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
special training; intensive training; crash course
woman; female; feminine gender
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this occasion; at this time; now
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
this company; this firm; this shrine
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
yen (currency of Japan); circle
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
by today; before the day is over
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
to be able to manage somehow or other
company president; manager; director
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial