move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
will not do; do not; does not
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
separate; scattered; apart
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
report; notification; registration
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
since then; from that time; ever since
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
wear; clothing; ware; goods; -ware; software
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time