Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
wheat straw; barley straw
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
tacit; unspoken; implicit
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
white horse; unrefined sake
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella