fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal
true seal (animal); earless seal
Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
District Public Prosecutor's Office
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute
Treaty of San Francisco; Treaty of Peace with Japan (Sept. 8, 1951)
Japan and the Soviet Union; Japanese-Soviet
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
effective control (over territory); working control
hot and cold; summer and winter
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata); crested puffin
right-wing party; person who enjoys sweet things (as opposed to alcohol)
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
to boil strongly; to be excited
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
Tonghak Rebellion (of Korea; 1894)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)