Clipping of 第三インターナショナル (“Third International”).

(history, communism) Synonym of コミンテルン (Komiterun, “Comintern”); the Third International

(history, socialism) the Second International

a Classical Japanese adjective with シク活用 (shiku-katsuyō, “shiku-inflection”)

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

successive series of questions and responses

a kunoichi (female ninja) / Synonym of 女 (onna, “woman”)

a handful