jpdb beta

repair; mending

1

election

1

president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)

4

old name; former title

1

fishing harbour; fishing harbor

3

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

2

secretary (government); director; chief

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

expert(ise); skill; dexterity

1

nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

1

transportation

3

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

1

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

armored ship; armoured ship

35

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to come to a settlement

2

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

Shigenobu

1

powerful; strong; mighty

1

name of a warship

1

armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate

2

ship's guns

6

enemy ship

4

huge gun

1

American Civil War (1861-1865)

1

northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

1

building; construction

1

southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)

2

buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)

1

going to the United States

1

to come to an agreement

1

fateful; predestined

1

(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto

1

Japan and Qing China

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes

1

infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation

1

ship's nationality; ship's country of registration

1

puffy; slightly swollen

1

on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

6

our side; we

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

autumn of last year; fall of last year

1

Island; insula; island; islet

2

typhoon; hurricane

1

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

1

favorable; favourable

2

wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries

1