economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
by means of; due to; because of; according to
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
company president; manager; director
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
bank; banking institution
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
economic collapse; economic meltdown
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
aggregate amount of indebtedness
postwar period; period after Second World War
Nikkei Stock Average; Nikkei 225
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise