dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
electricity; (electric) light
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
early on; earlier on; from early
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
superior; superiors; senior
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
every person; each one; everybody
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
1000 ri; (a) long distance
older brother and younger sister
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street