man; male; masculine gender
early post war period; immediately after the war
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
almost; roughly; approximately
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
breakthrough; great discovery
vertical axis; vertical line; vertical shaft; spindle; connection between past and present
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice