real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to take charge during someone's absence
Okayama (city, prefecture)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
war funds; war expenditures
10,000,000,000; ten billion
without permission; without notice
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
pending question; unresolved problem
each prefecture; all prefectures
secretary (government); director; chief
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to be contented; to be at ease
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
noisy; confused; uproarious
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
sovereign; ruler; head of state