superior; excellent; fine
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
departure from a country; leaving a country
short pause; short interval
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
Western brute (esp. American and British); Western savage
enemy territory; hostile place
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
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)
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
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
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
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
to take a picture; to take a photo
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.
modern architecture; modernist architecture
to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange