fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
to pass (of time); to elapse
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
nice; good; well-executed
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
maintenance; preservation; improvement
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
sympathy; compassion; pity
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to watch steadily; to stare
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
offender; transgressor; violator
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
chief; main; principal; important
duty; function; office; mission; task
exposing; unmasking; laying bare