bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
Olympian; Olympic athlete
Leitman; Leitmann; Reitman
brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
Kokontei Shinshou (1877.4.4-1926.1.29) (1890.6.28-1973.9.21)
counter for wheels and flowers
Kanou Jigorou (1860.12.10-1938.5.4)
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
imperial headquarters announcement
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor
death in battle; killed in action
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
Olympic village; athlete's village
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
sporting circles; sporting world; sportsdom; world of sports
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
draft papers; callup notice
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope