to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
property; fortune; means; assets
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
share (in a company); stock
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to continue (going along some trend)
such ... as; or some such
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too much; excessively; too
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
bubble economy (of Japan, 1986-1991)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage