remnants of a defeated army
sending home; repatriation; deportation
urban areas; the streets; town; city
national census; door-to-door census
liner; regularly scheduled ship
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
branch office; police box; local police station
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
village headman; village mayor
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
new government; new administration
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
transit trade; entrepôt trade
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
condition (sentiment) of the people
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to leave this world; to die
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)
exploration party; expedition team
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work