西暦: the western calendar; anno Domini, Common Era

聖歌隊: choir

超新星: supernova

成人: adult / 聖人: saint, sage, holy man / 星人: an extraterrestrial, an alien

正方形: square, regular tetragon

西欧: Western Europe

小学生: schoolchildren, schoolboy, schoolgirl / 奨学生: scholarship student

急性: acute / 旧制: old system, old order / 旧姓: former name, maiden name / 急逝: sudden death / 救世: salvation / 九星: astrology, horoscope / 旧製: former manufacture, former make / 九生: nine lives (as of a cat)

背比べ: comparing heights, comparison of statures

背比べ: compare heights, compare statures