being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
business; work; operations; service; duties
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
postwar period; period after Second World War
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
bad debt; nonperforming loan
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you