at the critical moment

time

fit / suit / join / one tenth

covered containers / battles

0.18039 liters, equaling ten shaku or a tenth of a shō / a tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

pure / honest / straight-forward

one day

onomatopoeia for the action of swallowing, a gulp (usually baby talk). / (sex) sexual act where a person consumes the semen of multiple men, usually from some vessel or container such as a cup or beaker.

having a comeback or excuse for everything one is told, being smart in the sense of having a smart mouth

a novel adaptation of Les Misérables by Kuroiwa Ruikō, serialized in 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) in 1902-03 / the Japanese title of the 1935 film adaptation of Les Misérables