black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
Evenki (people of Mongolia and Russia)
hair of different color mixed into an animal's coat (colour)
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
serving (of food) piled high; large serving
three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
to make it worth somebody's while; to make something worthwhile
Strait of Tartary (strait between Sakhalin and the east coast of Siberia); Mamiya strait
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)
La Pérouse Strait (between Hokkaido and Sakhalin); Sōya Strait
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); white whale; beluga whale
Mustelidae (family comprising the weasels)
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
Tungus (Tungusic-speaking people, esp. the Evenki)
soft windflower; Anemone Flaccida
defecating outdoors; faeces lying on the ground (feces)
to lead; to command; to superintend; to supervise; to press; to demand
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)
Ookubo Toshimichi (1830-1878)
great-grandmother; great-grandma
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)