cheering song; supporters' song
hurrah!; long life; congratulations; full vent
scrap; junk; waste material
unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
(former) Imperial Japanese Navy
incendiary bomb; firebomb
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
Cupar (Britain); Cooper; Couper; Cowper
like this; such; thus; in this way
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
to resound (echo) far and wide
summer cold (illness); summer flu
high achiever; student with good academic results
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
goodbye; farewell; so long
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
day by day; every day; by the day
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
in terms of; from the point of view of
student; follower; students and pupils
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell