employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
financial difficulty; distress
rich person; millionaire; the wealthy
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
secret; private; surreptitious
to start working; to take action
good position; favourable situation
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to throw on the fire; to burn
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
to be contented; to be at ease
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
reprint; reprinting; second edition
the same; the said; likewise
something; what; why; how
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
comparatively; relatively
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
primer; manual; introductory book
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
almost; roughly; approximately