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refusal; rejection

2

1,000; thousand

1

municipal railway; city streetcar; tram

1

employee; worker

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

New Year's Eve; December 31

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

27

spinning (textiles); spun yarn

1

sharp increase; sudden rise

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

to be surprised; to be astonished

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

16

civil rights

1

Osaka Incident (plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising; 1885)

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

2

advanced age; senility

1

younger days; youth

2

pride; boast; credit (to)

3

capitalist society

7

mechanism; organization; organisation

3

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

5

indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

1

(social) class; rank; grade

45

specialization; specialisation; differentiation

1

conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

3

in spite of; regardless of

7

assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise

1

a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious

2

study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies

2

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

4

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

2

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

3

intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street

3

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

3

Itou Noe (1895-1923.9.16)

12

Yasuko

3

way of life

1

breathing; respiration

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

open; public; official; overt

2

living together; communal life; cohabitation

3

one's lifestyle

1

Senuma

2

Chekhov

2

Sonya

2

Okamoto Kanoko (1889.3.1-1939.2.18)

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