bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
provision of expenses; scholarship
foreign loan; foreign debt; foreign bond
opening of the whole (railway line)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin
low price; moderate price
large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
lightly; easily; carelessly
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
hot flash; rush of blood to the head
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
school expenses; education fund
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
movie projector; film projector; cine projector
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)