café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
suppression; prohibition; ban
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
business operator; entrepreneur
craving; longing; thirsting
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
the place for; the time for; the level of
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
(your) daughter; young woman
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
feminization; feminisation
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family
paternal rights; father's right of control as head of the household
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
freedom to choose one's marriage partner, parental wishes notwithstanding
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission