Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)

Alternative form of 樺太 (Karafuto, “Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)”)

the southern part of Sakhalin below the 50th parallel north / (historical) territory of the Empire of Japan from 1905 to 1952.

鳥取: Tottori

(adjective): fat

small pieces; fragment

Korean lovegrass (Eragrostis ferruginea)

(phonetics) in Sanskrit phonology, a consonant made with the tongue; a coronal (/t, d, n/) consonant

to bind, to fasten, to tie / to connect, to tie together, to join / (telecommunications) to put through, to connect (a phone call) / (computing) to connect (e.g. WiFi)

"to connect one's life": to survive