(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to become desperate; to give in to despair
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to be able to manage somehow or other
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
lottery; tombola; drawing
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
free (of charge); gratuitous
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
little by little; bit by bit
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to be saved up (of money)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
you could say that; that might be so
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
(someone else's) parents; both parents
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty