Meanings

carapace

passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

Kai Ken (Japanese dog breed)

Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures)

kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)

armored personnel carrier

to be worth the effort

to bask in the sun lying flat on one's stomach

to accumulate years of experience

tortoiseshell sauce

armored cruiser

deck chair

gun deck (ship)

henna

shellfish allergy

Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

weapons and armour

Kōshin (region)

Gapsin Coup (failed reformist coup d'état in Korea; 1884)

Kōshin region