Despite suffering a heart attack three years ago , the lifelong salaryman now feels healthier , and lives happily with his wife and a daughter in downtown tokyo .
尽管三年前患过心脏病,这位终身工薪族现在感觉更健康,愉快地与妻子和一个女儿住在东京市区。
In return , the salaryman devoted his life to the firm .
作为回报,终身制的员工倾其一生贡献给公司。
As in japan , being a salaryman ( or woman ) is far more respectable than running one 's own firm .
就像日本那样,成为一个白领(或者本身就是女孩)远远比自己创业要值得尊敬。
One of the few bright spots is the relative affluence of the 20-something salaryman , who now holds around 15000 yen more pocket money per month than his struggling middle-aged colleague .
But a salaryman in a t-shirt would be like a samurai without his sword , and there has been no serious challenge to japan 's business dress code for 150 years .