because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
decision; determination; resolution
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
production (e.g. play); direction
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to pass (of time); to elapse
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
finding employment; getting a job
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
one's post; place of work; workplace
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
planning; project; plan; design
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
business world; business circles; (the) industry
unprecedented; never seen before
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game