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

一栄一落: vicissitudes

Obsolete spelling of フィリピン諸島 (Firipin Shotō, “Philippine Islands (islands of the Philippines)”)

Obsolete spelling of フィリピン

千載一遇: once in a lifetime

once in a lifetime

a bubble, or foam, or froth / (attributive) the state of lasting only for a short time, like a bubble; ephemerality, transience, fleeting-ness, etc.

装置: Installation

装置: device / 装置: stage setting

宗八: a male given name / 壮八: a male given name