homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
ready reply; quick answer
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
The Tragic History of Female Factory Workers (reportage by Wakizo Hosoi, 1925); The Pathetic Life of Mill Girls
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
good feeling; feeling good
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
process; course; mechanism
spinning mill; cotton mill
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
homecoming; return to one's home
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to work hard at one's lessons
moment's leisure; free minute
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern