to make it worth somebody's while; to make something worthwhile
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); white whale; beluga whale
soft windflower; Anemone Flaccida
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
female prisoner; female convict
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
good; wonderful; splendid; understood; got it; OK
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to perceive; to understand
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to capture; to seize; to plunder
to die by drowning; to drown
modernization; modernisation
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash