opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
wooden house; frame house (building)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
modernization; modernisation
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate