having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
prevention; precaution; protection against
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
entry into port; arriving in harbor
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
military physician or surgeon
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
Ogata Masanori (1853.12.5-1919.7.30)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
transport ship; troop ship
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
district; section; sector
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful