throng of people

to bring to light

思い出す: remember, recall

すべり台, 滑り台: a slide (item of play equipment)

the other day, a recent time

大勲位: the highest order of merit in the Japanese honors system: the 大勲位菊花章 (Dai-kun'i Kikka Shō, “Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum”)

尾高型: The accent pattern in Japanese in which the last syllable of the word is accented when followed by certain particles.

縦断:: running lengthwise / 銃弾:: bullet

中断: interruption, cancellation

曝け出す: to confess; to lay bare, to expose; to disclose