国教: state religion / 国境: frontier, border / 国共: Chinese Nationalist Party and Communist Party of China

Shintō, a religion indigenous to Japan that worships spirits / the gods / the way to one's grave, the path followed by a funeral procession to deposit remains in a grave

state religion

国家: a nation / 国歌: a national anthem / 国花: a national flower / 刻下: the present / 酷夏: a terribly hot summer / 骨化: ossification

Contraction of ことだ (koto da).

梱: wrapped package; bale / 狐狸: foxes and tanukis; sly trickster, stealthy evildoer

狐狼: foxes and wolves; cunning and malicious person

骨炭: boneblack

Alternative form of こうる (kōru, “to pack”)

to grow stiff / to put skilled effort into