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shift system

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continuation; succession; series

1

operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work

1

life in a dormitory; dormitory life

1

discharge; dismissal

2

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

1

factory worker

1

work hours

1

job-related; in the course of one's work

1

injuries and sickness; wounds and illness

1

aid; help; assistance; support

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

1

pioneer

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(former) imperial university

1

homecoming; return to one's home

1

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

Yamamoto Shigemi (1917.2.20-1998.3.27)

1

enlistment; recruitment

1

army life

1

Suwa

1

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

2

craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

thread; yarn; string

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

4

to be helpful; to be useful

1

Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912)

2

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

patient with pulmonary tuberculosis

1

to increase; to multiply

1

young person; youth; young

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

2

the various countries of Europe and America; the West

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

1

working conditions

1

occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

1

streptomycin

5

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

to obtain; to procure

1

monthly salary

1

price; cost

1

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

home; family; household

1

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1