Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
defecating outdoors; faeces lying on the ground (feces)
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
emancipation movement; freedom movement; liberation movement
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
big splash; big response; major repercussions
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
ill-bred; poorly brought up
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
gold and jewels; precious object
traditional Chinese medicine
acrobatics; risky undertaking
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
to appear in the newspaper