armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
superstition; superstitious belief
(religious) faith; belief; creed
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
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
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
manners; behavior; behaviour
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
succession to headship of a family
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
world; society; people; the public