employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
university student; college student
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
society; the world; the times
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
solitude; loneliness; isolation