要約: a summary; a contract / 要扼: an ambush or interception that halts the enemy's advance / 踊躍: springing up, jumping up and down, hopping about

要約: to summarize; to enter into a contract / 要扼: to ambush or intercept the enemy and halt their advance / 踊躍: to spring up, to jump up and down, to hop about

abridgment (shortened version), summary / a compact or contract, an agreement, a promise

to sum up, to summarize / to enter into compact or contract, to form an agreement, to make a promise

a masterless samurai / a vagrant, a vagabond, a wanderer / someone in exile / a prisoner / someone who has been laid off or fired, an unemployed person

to study for the following year's annual university entrance exams after failing / (archaic) to lose one's master / to become unemployed, to lose one's job

漸く: gradually; finally; barely

at last; at length; finally / gradually / scarcely; hardly; barely

entry to school or university / matriculation

enter a school