motherland; fatherland; native country
honour; honor; glory; privilege
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
to care for someone; to look after someone
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
the ancients; ancient people
upmarket residential district; rich neighborhood
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
praise; glorification; extolment
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together