sensitivity; susceptibility
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
postwar period; period after Second World War
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
prime of one's working life
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to continue (going along some trend)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
sense of values; values; value system
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
first meeting; first interview with
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
this (very thing); this precisely
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
conviction; belief; confidence
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
position; location; base; point; site
impossible; unlikely; improbable
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can