to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
working adult; full-fledged member of society
external; superficial; outward; surface
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
alms; donation (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
construction (building) costs
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment
grasp; catch; understanding
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring