(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
Japanese person; Japanese people
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
such ... as; or some such
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
I see; that's right; indeed
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
pre-war days; before the war
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
as; because; with; due to
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
settlement; permanent residency
settlement; solution; resolution
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
Kobayashi Ichizou (1873.1.3-1957.1.25)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry