La Pérouse Strait (between Hokkaido and Sakhalin); Sōya Strait
Mustelidae (family comprising the weasels)
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
toe; toe (of a golf club)
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
natural (physical) environment
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
collective responsibility; joint liability
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting