northern Nagano (a region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan)

winning by a narrow margin

to be narrowly win, to win by a small margin

violent and reckless action

(malacology) inner lip

"new kana": Synonym of 現代仮名遣い (gendai kanazukai, “modern kana usage”)

(historical) a warrior class in medieval and pre-modern Japan; samurai / a servant / a retainer / Short for 侍所 (samurai-dokoro): the Board of Retainers in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

puppet / defeat

next..., coming...

thunder, thunderclap