rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
emancipation movement; freedom movement; liberation movement
pig farm; hog farm; piggery
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
gold and jewels; precious object
exile; banishment; deportation
betting ticket; betting slip
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
fake; something false; sham; deception
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
boiled and half-dried bonito
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
crops; agricultural produce
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife