ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
chief; main; principal; important
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
demodulation; recovery; getting back to form
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
center; centre; metropolis
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
birth; creation; formation
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
occasional; infrequent; rare
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
degeneration; retrogression
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
absorption; suction; attraction
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
posterity; future life; life to come
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common