Vocabulary

Good Neighbor Policy

to follow (copy after) a precedent

Pan-Asiatic Conference

round-robin tournament; round-robin competition

Noise Abatement Act

loading

feeling lost like a stray dog

general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)

(hist.) governor-general

Sogetsu school of flower arrangement

armored corps; armoured corps

to strive for mutual understanding

Song poetry

silk reeling machine

to put young men to shame

Ode to Early Spring

synergism

the masses; people

soda

to be consulted

early-morning arrival

(baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities

both hands

funeral procession

Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game

complete budget

including postage

eldest son

epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"

to turn (a matter) over in one's mind; to think deeply

to read (a person's) physiognomy

check; obstruction; hindrance; impediment

compassion; pity

lattice group

measuring chain

to ease up the speed

to slow down

dissolute; conducting oneself loosely

sole leather; sole

foundation materials