secretary; councillor; councilor
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
carrot; calotte (type of hat)
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
Neptune (Roman god); Neptune (planet)
starboard (side of a ship)
wheat straw; barley straw
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
to leave something as it is
mountain hamlet; mountain village
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
the ocean; the great deep