Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
specially equipped; customized; customised
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
to teach; to take a teaching job
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
flying column; detached force
world economy; international economy
maritime; marine transportation
archeologist; archaeologist
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
leading person; foremost figure
to be exhausted; to be worn out
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
wounded person; injured person
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)