postwar period; period after Second World War
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
preservation; retainment; keeping
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
promising; hopeful; full of promise
direct descent; direct line
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
editor (in publishing, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
branch; branch office; subdivision
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
one's real father; natural father; biological father
foster father; adoptive father
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
property; fortune; assets
one's (living) environment
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
vitality; energy; dynamism
health; healthy; sound; fit
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment