timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
to degenerate; to lapse into
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
residing; living; dwelling
being concerned about or mindful of
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Yoshiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing
Britain and France; Anglo-French
siemens (unit of conductance)
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
munitions factory; arms factory; war plant
postwar period; period after Second World War
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
drainage (sewerage) works
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
industrialist; entrepreneur
munitions; military stores