office of a retired emperor
gap; opening; crevice; crack
the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
promotional leaflet; handbill; flyer
church music; sacred music
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies
arsenicals (drugs containing arsenic)
determiner; qualifier; determinative
one's followers or hangers-on
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
smaller waves; lesser waves
multiplicity of troubles; so many as to be troublesome
dignified expression; solemn expression; serious expression
language used by students; students' slang
usual; normal; stereotyped
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
nearly; almost; (lit.) eight or nine parts (out of ten)
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa); cock sorrel; sour dock
running quickly; fleeing; doing as one likes
shaft (of an arrow); arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
nihonjinron; theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)