moderate; proper; just right
appearance; air; mien; getup
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
prime of one's working life
to relax; to feel at home
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
violent (tragic or accidental) death; dog's death
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
people from one's hometown
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
to lead a life; to live a life
Constitutional Reform Party (1882-1896); Reform Party (1952-1954)
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
prescription (of medicine); formula
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
sale; sales; selling; marketing
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
work; business; company; study
returning; coming back; returning to the service of one's master
to consent; to allow; to accept; to agree
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
dozens; scores of; decades
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
prescription; formula (for the preparation of a medicine); recipe
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness