stagehand in kabuki and bunraku (who dresses fully in black)

steam whistle

drop (of liquid); droplet

ドイツ連邦共和国: the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany from 1949-1990, Germany as a whole after 1990)

祝く, 寿く: congratulate, wish well / 惚く, 呆く: be senile or mentally slow

北: (漢音; kan'on pronunciation)

飛び子: roe of the flying fish

The hiragana syllable きょ (kyo). Its equivalent in katakana is キョ (kyo).

居: residence / 挙: / 虚: / 距: / 裾:

拒否: refusal / 巨費: great cost