axis, pivot / central figure, key man

machine; machinery

to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked / to fall through; to be broken off / (informal) to go mad; to lose it

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

器械: a device, an appliance, a mechanism / 機械: a machine, equipment, an apparatus / 器械: a utensil, a tool, an instrument / 器械: a tool for conducting a test or experiment or for measurement