agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
national border; provincial border
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
along the road; at the side of the road
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
village; hamlet; settlement
innumerable; countless; numberless
subordination; dependency
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
settlement; permanent residency
maintenance; preservation; improvement
hills and fields; countryside
Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)
distinguished service; meritorious service
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention