difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
capital; funds; seed money; asset
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
property; fortune; means; assets
bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
information technology; IT
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
divide into four pieces; one fourth
companion; partner; spouse
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
inheritance; something given or received