Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume21 Translator's Notes

Yellow Rose Panic * The result of 100 battles? o Chapter 2

*1

(TL Rei: That was Sun-Tsu in "The Art of War")

*2

(TL Rei: see the Afterword note on "ugokazaru koto")

*3 cake

(TL Rei: a popular snack in Japan: cake with tea or coffee.)

*4 Mito Koumon's seal

(TL Rei: Television comedy set in the Edo-period. In every episode, at the climactic moment, they'd flash his seal and he'd reveal himself.)

*5 Yoshino cherry tree

(TL Rei: Prunus yedoensis, a kind of cherry tree.)

*6 Wakanohana

(TL Rei: apparently the name of a short sumo wrestler.)

*7 General Nogi

(TL Rei: General Nogi Maresuke, a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese war)

*8

(TL Rei: the character means "vegetables", which is followed by the character "repeat")

*9 Omiai

(Editor Erica: "O-miai" is a formally arranged marriage meeting brokered between two families by an intermediary.)