interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
comfort; consolation; diversion
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
binoculars; field glasses
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
series of battles; successive battles
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
to head home; to leave for home
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
return; conclusion; reduction
slightly early; just before
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
custom; practice; convention; precedent
in accordance with; according to
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
January; first month of the lunar calendar
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
entry into port; arriving in harbor
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
in its entirety; whole; wholly
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza