to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory
if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...
Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)
farm owner; plantation owner
westerlies; prevailing westerlies
(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)
departure (sailing) formalities
Talas (Russia); Talus; Taras
(something) mixed with snow
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
wintering; passing the winter
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
discontented elements (e.g. of society); dissatisfied members; malcontents
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
metre; meter; meter; gauge