office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
that's the way it is; such is life
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
of course; certainly; naturally
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole