Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare

こうせいろうどうしょう

Bureau of Statistics

とうけいきょく

residing, living, dwelling

ざいじゅう

family structure

かぞくこうせい

organization, composition, structure

こうせい

extremely, very

ひじょうに

to be called or referred to as ~

～言われる

approximately, about

だいたい

nuclear family

かくかぞく

grandparents

そふぼ

living together, coexisting

どうきょ

mother's/father's side of the family

ははかた/ちちかた

decades

なんじゅうねん

another point that is also different about ~

~またちがうてん

to add one thing to another

つけくわえる

scholarship

しゅうがくきん

transportation

こうつう

for reasons/aspects of ~, from the standpoint of ~

～のめん

convenience

べんぎ

for the sake of covenience

べんぎじょう/べんぎのため

job hunting/searching, looking for a job

しゅうしょく

each month, within a month

つきのうち

prices, cost-of-living

ぶっか

utility costs

こうねつひ

several years later, after several years

なんねんかして

to save money

ちょきんする

self-support, independent

どくりつ

bride/one's daughter-in-law

よめ

scholar

がくしゃ

farmer/farming family

のうか

to cooperation, help each other

たすけあう

to share, apportion, allot

ぶんたんする

Zen Temple

ぜんでら

Chief priest of a Buddhist temple

じゅうしょく

eldest son/eldest daughter

ちょうなん/ちょうじょ

second

にばんめ

to discuss

はなしあう

to way it is (or should be)

ありかた

occupation

しょくぎょう

income

しゅうにゅう

religion

しゅうきょう

marriage age

けっこんねんれい

education

きょういく

level

すいじゅん

population

じんこう

density

みつど

main cause(s)

よういん

to determine, to regulate

きていする

birth place

ふるさと

to influence, to affect

えいきょうをあたえる

change(s)

へんか

structure, construction

こうぞう

considerable, great

ただいな

to influence or have an affect upon

えいきょうをおよばす

having few children

しょうしか

aging

こうれいか

modern, contemporary

げんだいてき

solution(s), counter measure(s)

たいさく

in relation to

かんして

ordinary, usual, general

いっぱんてき

usually a lot is normal

ふつうおおいのがふつう