mending; repair; darning; patching up
sewing; needlework; embroidery
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
various matters; everything
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
deep regret; great disappointment
in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
Bavaria (Germany); FC Bayern Munich (abbr)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to polish one's shoes; to clean your shoes
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
import; importation; introduction; afferent
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
border (between countries); national border
quarantine; medical inspection
confinement (indoors, to quarters, etc.)
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)