Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
mail clerk; post-office clerk; post-office worker; postal employee; postal worker
the said ministry; the same ministry
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
railroad; railway; rail transport
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
time; hour; period; class
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
first thing in the afternoon
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
communications (e.g. post, telegraph)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening