Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
ferry; free on board; FOB
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
hokora; small wayside shrine
(a) Buddha; deceased person
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
entry into a castle (esp. by a conquering force)
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
pale yellow; light yellow
(lower) jaw; chin; mentum; chatterbox
station area; in front of a station; (at a) station
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)
for the whole day; all day
slowly (of undulating waves); gently (swelling, rolling, etc.)
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge