For some reason economic booms have names taken from Japanese mythology given to them.

For some reason it didn't go well, shot down at every attempt, and he led a sad "History of no girlfriend = Age" life.

I wonder why it is that some plants become annuals and others perennials?

This is not to say that Mr. Tanaka did it all on his own.

I had tried to avoid thinking that as much as possible but as soon as I faced it I started to feel miserable.

I had a nagging feeling that the atmosphere resembled somebody and, now that you mention it, yes, you're right. Certainly ZZ TOP had this kind of feel.

You've run into some trouble or something?

I don't quite follow, but it looks like it will prove tricky. Ergh.

Why don't you leg it?

I wonder why he was suddenly dropped from the team half way through.