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 .

为数不多的亮点是相对富裕的20多岁的工薪族，他们现在每个月的零花钱比那些苦苦挣扎的中年同事多出15000左右。

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 .

不过，如果工薪族穿着t恤上班的话，就像武士没带佩刀一样别扭，何况日本的商务服饰礼仪已经有150年的历史，还从来没有遇到大的挑战。