to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
all; entire; whole; altogether
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to grow up; to become an adult
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
consequence; outcome; result; blame
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
system; institution; organization; organisation
maintenance; preservation; improvement