fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
article; news story; report; account
postwar period; period after Second World War
newspaper story (article, account)
membership registration; subscription; member enrolment
fee; charge; rate; material
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
is something that; is that which
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
(having) same family and personal name
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
not necessarily so; is not always true
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
plural; multiple; several
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
victim; injured party; sufferer
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
discovery; detection; finding
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
concealment; suppression; hiding
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
essential; important; crucial; vital; main