Vocabulary

cousin (older male)

attendant; valet; servant; follower

heavy machine gun

gun barrel

army purge

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit)

speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence

completion of construction

being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with

making a connection (with Buddha)

oracle bone script

Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

spring tide

(avid) angler

feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

high spirits; boastful talk

devotion to one's company

water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

forced march

sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull

to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

to push down; to press down; to force down; to depress

shiba inu (dog breed); shiba; brushwood dog

tricky wrestler; shrewd fellow

induced explosion; secondary explosion

doctor of literature

to consign to oblivion

flexure; bending

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

clean hit

diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something

weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)

high latitudes

role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

age (expressed in the Western style of counting fully completed years)

the whole body

advance (to the next base)

Medal with Blue Ribbon