Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
10th day of the month; ten days
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
finding employment; getting a job
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.)
section manager; section chief
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!