several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
entering the barracks; enlistment
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
student (esp. a university student)
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
eighth day of the month; eight days
special; particular; peculiar; unique
(necessary) personnel; required person
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
physical education; PE; gym (class)
on-the-job training; hands-on training
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous