Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
chief executive officer; CEO
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
good feeling; feeling good
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
regular customer; valued client
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
to entrust; to leave to a person
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unable to resist; unable to suppress
myself; yourself; I; me; you
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
indescribable; having no way to express
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
sympathy; compassion; pity
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
nature; property; disposition
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?