per person; per capita; per head
adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor
loving something but being very bad at it
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
proletariat; lower classes
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
philanthropic activity; charity work
to say too much; to go too far
the Industrial Revolution
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to burrow through; to dig through
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle