relation ②participation ③related to

engine ②agency ③system

regarding ...

entrance

person concerned

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures) ②Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

unrelated

chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

concern

relation

joint

chief engineer

participation

human relations

barrier

barrier ②hurdle

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures) ②Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

engine room

Kansai dialect

to concern

to be affected ②to be concerned with ③to stick to (opinions)

relation

relationship

to get involved or entangled in

matter of life and death

to be a point of honor

barrier ②seki

barrier

the most one can do

ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

Kasumigaseki ②government ministries (of Japan)

ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600) ②decisive battle

Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

breaking through or sneaking past a barrier

barrier keeper

wrestler of the third highest rank

honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers

grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2

wrestler newly promoted to ozeki rank

former ozeki-ranked wrestler returning to that rank

physically exceptional wrestler promoted straight to champion rank during Edo period

demotion from ōzeki ranking

Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895)

ozeki-ranked wrestler in danger of losing his rank

type of fast military boat used from the Warring states period until the Edo period

Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864)

Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864)

Shimonoseki City University