Yamaji Motoharu (?-1897.10.3)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
chargé d'affaires; chargé
shrine enshrining several gods
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
barbarian; savage; foreigner
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)
magnanimity; generosity; tolerance
lakes and torrents of spring (overflowing with water)
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
one-stroke sketch; unicursal
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
I don't like it; I hate it
Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)
counter for flags, banners, etc.
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
each newspaper; every newspaper
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
sending a telegram; telegraph
to become clear; to be made public
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
activity; briskness; prosperity
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
mountain climber; mountaineer
cantonment; encampment; etape