structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
rehabilitation (in society)
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
as (for); for; in the capacity of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
medical insurance for the whole nation
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
common people; ordinary people; masses
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
food and drink; eating and drinking
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
medical expenses; doctor's bill
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle