sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
active; positive; progressive; anode
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
Fukushima Yasumasa (1852-1919)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Tanaka Giichi (1863.8.6-1929.9.28)
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
Kodama Gentarō (1852-1906)
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on