to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
postwar period; period after Second World War
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
war; fighting; fierce competition
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to employ; to hire; to charter
together; at the same time; same; identical
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
corridor; hallway; passageway
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer