bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
Leitman; Leitmann; Reitman
brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
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
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
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)
draft papers; callup notice
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
traitor (to one's country); quisling
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
first (of its kind) in Japan
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit