discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
those present; attendance
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the teaching profession; education of laity
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
same generation; one's generation
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
both; both sides; both parties
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
stopping functioning; being out of service
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(temporary) closure of school
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
the whole area; all areas
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)