colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
finely chiseled (features)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
rain and wind; driving rain
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
meanwhile; in the meantime
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
strike (i.e. industrial action)
labour movement; labor movement
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
the Industrial Revolution
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
event; phenomenon; matter
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew