Kikkawa Tsunemasa (1829.9.30-1867.4.24)
fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)
pebrine (disease of silkworms)
colonnade; row of columns
Nagasaki Naval Training Center (est. 1855 at the entrance to Dejima)
Yamada Akiyoshi (1844.11.18-1892.11.11)
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
parched flour, esp. barley (can be drunk in hot water with sugar)
three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
Fire Dragon (53rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
whorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
Tokugawa Iemochi (1846.7.17-1866.8.29), Shougun 1858-1866
various allowances; (other) benefits
memorial service (esp. for war dead)
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
Water Dog (59th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1922, 1982, 2042)
dental caries; tooth decay