even so; anyhow; at any rate
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
the West; the Occident; Western countries
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
Japanese person; Japanese people
waist; waistline; waist measurement
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to begin talking; to open up
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
in terms of; from the point of view of
scale; scope; plan; structure
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
around the world; throughout the world
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
condensed milk; Soviet Union
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
outer ring; external ring; rim (of a wheel); paddle wheel; out-toe walking; duck-footed walking
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to see; to look; to watch
praise; glorification; extolment
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face