gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
dark night; moonless night
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
same as above; ditto; ibid.
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
modern architecture; modernist architecture
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon
association; union; guild
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
outside the country; abroad
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive