Vocabulary

ex-soldier

to have a narrow escape from death

to go down to Kyushu

communication by carrier pigeon

poor student (scholar)

swiftly running river; rapid stream

urgent; pressing; imminent

desperate measure

study of natural laws

pay envelope

to help (a person) out of danger

Board of Education

conjugation; conjugate

to chuckle with delight; to congratulate oneself

one's inmost thoughts (feelings)

paragon; mirror

to lecture; to give a lesson

entropion forceps

height of a mirror stand

hard-line policy; tough measure

hard line

Chinese classics (ethics, politics, and history)

pride; self-conceit

to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)

possession of books

flying race (between pigeons)

affectation; pretense; pretence

omen of disaster

faculty; professorate; group of professors

church membership

scripture house

village customs

to be shot dead by an assassin

Kyoto Prefectural Police

coaction

cooperation; collaboration; (joint) participation

approach to a bridge

uninteresting

hamlet; village

republicanism