loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
does not; can not; will not
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
feeling keenly; fully realizing
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
night watch; night guard; night shift
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
elementary, junior high and high school
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
(compulsory) retirement age; age limit; (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
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
distant look; faraway look
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
the teaching profession; education of laity
labor-management negotiation; labour-management negotiation
system; institution; organization; organisation
Niigata (city, prefecture)
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
security firm; security company
general; popular; common; typical
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
established practice; custom
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume