drill (esp. military); training
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
falx cerebri; cerebral falx
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
stage career; acting career
studying abroad at government expense
lachrymal canal (lacrimal, lacrymal); lachrymal duct
bipolar (in electronics); bi-polar
eloquence; cleverness in speaking
lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)
pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism
street violence against middle-aged men
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
Matsumoto Ryoujun (1832.7.13-1907.3.12)
abdominal external oblique muscle
(beriberi-caused) heart failure
benign tumor; benign tumour
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap
cerebral edema; cerebral oedema
Nakaoka Shintarou (1838.5.6-1867.12.12)
letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
exclusion; retraction; displacement
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give