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.)

*10 Omiai (2)

(TL Rei: I should probably take this moment to mention that Omiai are often preceded by ritualized exchange of photographs of the young potentials. These would definitely not be snapshots, but you can see where Yoshino would be confused)

*11 daikon radish

(Editor Erica: Similar to being dumb as a potato.)