Vocabulary

maharaja; maharajah; nawab

Ryukyuan mission to Edo

dependency; vassal state

Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)

national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally

Ryukyu Kingdom

Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)

Invasion of Ryukyu (by the Satsuma-based Shimazu clan; 1609)

no game; game that is stopped before it can be considered an official game (e.g. due to rainout)

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

bike shorts; bicycling shorts; cycling shorts

bike shorts; bicycling shorts; cycling shorts

cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)

United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)

Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)

self-governing body; self-governing organ

job description; job specification; job content

judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice

celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum)

curry powder

ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)

maca (Lepidium meyenii)

potato bean (Apios americana); hog peanut; hopniss; Indian potato; groundnut; ground pea

citizen's arrest

yam

citizen's arrest

lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

hash browns; hashed browns

flagrant offender

celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum); celery root; turnip-rooted celery; knob celery

dried ginger

United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)

dried slices of steamed sweet potato

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

sweetened sweet potato fries; fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar

Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952); GHQ