nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
senior high school; high school
press; print shop; printing office
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
being very popular; being in great demand
January; first month of the lunar calendar
Japanese person; Japanese people
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
depression; recession; slump
(period of) a year; during an era
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
contrary to one's expectations
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
motherland; fatherland; native country
people; men and women; each person; everybody
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start