birth date; date of birth; DOB
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
second; number two; runner-up
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
remaining silent; keeping secret
of course; certainly; naturally
individual; one by one; separate; each
question; inquiry; enquiry
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to state; to express; to mention
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days