Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
combined living room, dining room and kitchen
jack of all trades, master of none
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
real estate agent; realtor
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
feel (of a material); texture
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)