St. Petersburg; Saint Petersburg
Oomori Hyouzou (1876.3.14-1913.1.15)
baby's first annual festival
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
armory; armoury; arms factory; arsenal
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
Kanou Jigorou (1860.12.10-1938.5.4)
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
the Japanese (rising sun) flag
close; intimate; on good terms
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
fine weather; splendid weather
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all