by means of; due to; because of; according to
people; men and women; each person; everybody
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
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 man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
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 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 events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
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 (price)
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
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
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
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise