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    Kobo: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War

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      *Glossary*

      C=Chinese, J=Japanese, P=Pidgin-English. The Chinese substitute _l_ for_r_, and add the terminations _-ee_, _-um_, and _--lo_ to many words.

      _allo_ (P), all, every.

      _banzai_ (J), lit. "ten thousand years!", an exclamation in salutationof the emperor, equivalent to _Vive le roi_!

      _belongey_ (P), often equivalent simply to the verb _to be_.

      _bimeby_ (P), by and by, afterwards.

      _bobbely_ (P), noise, uproar.

      _bottom-side_ (P), down, below.

      _catchee_ (P), to get, have.

      _ch'hoy_ (P), an exclamation.

      _cham-tow_ (C), to cut off the head, execute.

      _chop-chop_ (P), quickly.

      _chow-chow_ (P), food.

      _daimio_ (J), a feudal and military chief whose income exceeded 10,000_koku_ of rice(_koku_=5.13 bushels).

      _-ee_, a pidgin-English termination.

      _first-chop_ (P), best, excellently.

      _galaw_ (P), a common exclamation.

      _geisha_ (J), a dancing and singing girl.

      _hai_ (J), an exclamation used in answering.

      _ha-loy_ (P), come down.

      _hara-kiri_ (J), suicide by cutting open the abdomen.

      _hayo_ (J), early: _o hayo_, good-morning.

      _he_ (P), he, she, it, they, him, her.

      _iniside_ (P), within, in.

      _joss_ (P), god.

      _joss-house_ (P), temple.

      _joss-pidgin-man_ (P), priest.

      _kimono_ (J), long outer garment.

      _komban_ (J), good-evening.

      _koto_ (J), a kind of lyre.

      _kow-tow_ (P), to bow humbly.

      _li_ (C), a Chinese mile: 250 _li_ make 1 degree.

      _littee_ (P), little.

      _look-see_ (P), look, examine.

      _makura_ (J), a rest for the head.

      _meshi_ (J), boiled rice.

      _muchee_ (P), very.

      _musume_ (J), girl, young lady.

      _my_ (P), I, me, my, mine.

      _no can do_ (P), cannot.

      _numpa_ (P), number: _numpa one_, first-rate.

      _o_ (J), an honorific prefix used in addressing or speaking respectfullyof a person: _o hayo_, good-morning.

      _obe_ (J), a long sash worn round the waist.

      _one-tim'_ (P), once.

      _pan_ (J), bread: _pan taberu daro_, I want something to eat.

      _pidgin_ (P), business: _pidgin-English_, English as spoken by Chineseat the ports.

      _pidgy_ (P), busy.

      _piecee_ (P), used with numerals: _one piecee man_=a or one man.

      _plopa_ (P), proper: _allo plopa_, all right.

      _sake_ (J), a fermented rice-beer.

      _sampan_ (C), a Chinese punt.

      _samurai_ (J), lit. one who serves the emperor; a member of the militaryclass formerly privileged to wear two swords.

      _san_ (J), a title used with names.

      _sassy_ (P), saucy, proud.

      _savvy_ (P), know, understand.

      _sayonara_ (J), good-bye.

      _shogun_ (J), commander-in-chief; the title of the ruler who for severalcenturies supplanted the Mikado.

      _side_ (P), place, direction: _this-side_, here; _that-side_, there;_what-side_, where.

      _so-fashion_ (P), in that way.

      _tabemono_ (J), a gift of food.

      _taberu_ (J), I shall eat.

      _tadaima_ (J), presently, at once.

      _that-side_ (P), there.

      _that-tim'_ (P), then.

      _this-side_ (P), here, hither.

      _tim'_ (P), time.

      _topside_ (P), above, superior.

      _topside-pidgin-man_ (P), missionary.

      _uma_ (J), horse.

      _wa_ (J), a particle.

      _wailo_ (P), away, to go away, run away.

      _wantchee_ (P), to want.

      _what-for_ (P), why.

      _what-side_ (P), where.

      _what-tim'_ (P), when.

      _yen_ (J), dollar.

      _yinkelis_ (P), English.

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