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Vocabulary (12)

• 鳥羽・伏見の戦い

  とばふしみのたたかい

  Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)

• 常節

  とこぶし

  Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)

• 伏勢

  ふくぜい

  ambush

• 威伏

  いふく

  awing into submission

• 信伏

  しんぷく

  being convinced

• 面伏せ

  おもてぶせ

  being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

• 雌伏雄飛

  しふくゆうひ

  biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish

• 隠伏

  いんぷく

  concealment

• 圧密降伏応力

  あつみつこうふくおうりょく

  consolidation yield stress

• 伏せ樋

  ふせどい

  covered drain

• 伏兎

  ぶと

  deep-fried mochi (Heian period)

• 伏角

  ふくかく

  dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)