Kokumin gakkō wa kokumin no kisoteki rensei o nasu gakkō tosare, shinshin o kitae, kuni no tame tennō no tame ni mi o sasageru koto ga motomeraremashita.Kokumin gakko was considered as a school to provide basic training for all citizens, to discipline mind and body, to seek to sacrifice one's body for the country and for the Emperor.

Agaki ga munashikute kekkyoku zetsubō ni ochiitta.His flailing about was futile, and he ultimately fell into a depression.

katazu o nonde mimamoruto watch (something) intensely

toshi nanodebecause one is no longer young