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marshy rice field or paddy

7

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)

1

smooth sailing

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

173

(one's) life

1

was; were

18

east

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

98

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

3

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

32

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

7

to pass (examination)

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

5

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

5

finding employment; getting a job

1

formal marriage interview; marriage meeting

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

79

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

4

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

3

marriage

1

two persons; two people; pair; couple

2

child

6

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

(one's parents') home

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

38

trouble

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

41

sales department

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

29

personnel department

1

to; towards; for

3

change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

90

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

17

section manager; section chief

3

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

13

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

15