to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to have to pay the price (for past mistakes); to have one's past catching up with one; to have the bill come due (for past actions)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
business world; business circles; (the) industry
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
in succession; one by one
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
recollection; reminiscence
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
investment; contribution; financing
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
delay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
company president; manager; director
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
now; the present time; just now; another; more
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.