to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
Kamimura Hikonojou (1849-1916.8.8)
(in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
wood (for building); lumber; timber
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
house where the family is out
the staff; inside the department
white background; blank; female virgin
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
person who is ...; thing that is ...
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
loyal retainer; loyal subject
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
emperor (of Japan); mikado