Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
competing; competition; auction
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
self-defense; self-defence
ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three
Hatoyama Kazuo (1856.5.6-1911.10.4)
incidentally; at the same time
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
music school; music academy; conservatory
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher
to sit for an examination
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
the people; the public; the world
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
government office; agency; board
Abe Taizou (1849.5.19-1924.10.22)
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below