Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
distant look; faraway look
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
the teaching profession; education of laity
woman; female; feminine gender
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
labor-management negotiation; labour-management negotiation
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
system; institution; organization; organisation
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
security firm; security company
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
general; popular; common; typical