trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
item; article; dish; course; finest item
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
to die out; to become extinct
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
if you do this; if this is the case
to call in; to invite; to bring in
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to collapse into; to flop onto
to be exhausted; to be tired out
religious exultation; ecstasy
carelessness; negligence; oversight
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
cultivation; nurture; culture
control of the sea; command of the sea
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
late at night; deep in the night
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to trample flat; to beat a path
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
as; because; with; due to
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
sense of smell; olfaction
sedge hat and straw rain cape
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.