low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
preface; introduction; preamble
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation
with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; sudden increase (e.g. in public interest); fast rise (e.g. in rank)
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
private citizen; civilian
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
nuclear power; nuclear state
total abolition of nuclear weapons
violent explosion; bursting
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
millions; several million; a few million
reduction by half; halving