#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void _print(long long t) { cerr << t; }
void _print(string t) { cerr << t; }
void _print(char t) { cerr << t; }
void _print(long double t) { cerr << t; }
void _print(double t) { cerr << t; }
void _print(unsigned long long t) { cerr << t; }
template <class T, class V>
void _print(pair<T, V> p);
template <class T>
void _print(vector<T> v);
template <class T>
void _print(set<T> v);
template <class T, class V>
void _print(map<T, V> v);
template <class T>
void _print(multiset<T> v);
template <class T, class V>
void _print(pair<T, V> p) {
  cerr << "{";
  _print(p.first);
  cerr << ",";
  _print(p.second);
  cerr << "}";
}
template <class T>
void _print(vector<T> v) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (T i : v) {
    _print(i);
    cerr << " ";
  }
  cerr << "]";
}
template <class T>
void _print(set<T> v) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (T i : v) {
    _print(i);
    cerr << " ";
  }
  cerr << "]";
}
template <class T>
void _print(multiset<T> v) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (T i : v) {
    _print(i);
    cerr << " ";
  }
  cerr << "]";
}
template <class T, class V>
void _print(map<T, V> v) {
  cerr << "[ ";
  for (auto i : v) {
    _print(i);
    cerr << " ";
  }
  cerr << "]";
}
const long long INF = 1e18;
const int32_t M = 1e9 + 7;
const int32_t MM = 998244353;
long long gcd(long long a, long long b) {
  if (b > a) {
    return gcd(b, a);
  }
  if (b == 0) {
    return a;
  }
  return gcd(b, a % b);
}
long long expo(long long a, long long b, long long mod) {
  long long res = 1;
  while (b > 0) {
    if (b & 1) res = (res * a) % mod;
    a = (a * a) % mod;
    b = b >> 1;
  }
  return res;
}
void extendgcd(long long a, long long b, long long *v) {
  if (b == 0) {
    v[0] = 1;
    v[1] = 0;
    v[2] = a;
    return;
  }
  extendgcd(b, a % b, v);
  long long x = v[1];
  v[1] = v[0] - v[1] * (a / b);
  v[0] = x;
  return;
}
vector<long long> sieve(long long n) {
  long long *arr = new long long[n + 1]();
  vector<long long> vect;
  for (long long i = 2; i <= n; i++)
    if (arr[i] == 0) {
      vect.push_back(i);
      for (long long j = 2 * i; j <= n; j += i) arr[j] = 1;
    }
  return vect;
}
long long mminv(long long a, long long b) {
  long long arr[3];
  extendgcd(a, b, arr);
  return arr[0];
}
long long mminvprime(long long a, long long b) { return expo(a, b - 2, b); }
long long mod_add(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
  a = a % m;
  b = b % m;
  return (((a + b) % m) + m) % m;
}
long long mod_mul(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
  a = a % m;
  b = b % m;
  return (((a * b) % m) + m) % m;
}
long long mod_sub(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
  a = a % m;
  b = b % m;
  return (((a - b) % m) + m) % m;
}
long long mod_div(long long a, long long b, long long m) {
  a = a % m;
  b = b % m;
  return (mod_mul(a, mminvprime(b, m), m) + m) % m;
}
long long phin(long long n) {
  long long number = n;
  if (n % 2 == 0) {
    number /= 2;
    while (n % 2 == 0) n /= 2;
  }
  for (long long i = 3; i <= sqrt(n); i += 2) {
    if (n % i == 0) {
      while (n % i == 0) n /= i;
      number = (number / i * (i - 1));
    }
  }
  if (n > 1) number = (number / n * (n - 1));
  return number;
}
const long long NC = 501;
long long fact[NC], ifact[NC], inv[NC];
struct comb_init {
  comb_init() {
    inv[1] = 1;
    for (long long i = 2; i < NC; ++i) {
      inv[i] = (MM - MM / i) * inv[MM % i] % MM;
    }
    fact[0] = ifact[0] = 1;
    for (long long i = 1; i < NC; ++i) {
      fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i % MM;
      ifact[i] = ifact[i - 1] * inv[i] % MM;
    }
  }
} comb_init_;
long long combination(long long n, long long r, long long m) {
  if (n < r || r < 0) return 0;
  long long val1 = fact[n];
  long long val2 = ifact[n - r];
  long long val3 = ifact[r];
  return (((val1 * val2) % m) * val3) % m;
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
istream &operator>>(istream &in, pair<T1, T2> &a) {
  in >> a.first >> a.second;
  return in;
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, pair<T1, T2> a) {
  out << a.first << " " << a.second;
  return out;
}
template <typename T, typename T1>
T amax(T &a, T1 b) {
  if (b > a) a = b;
  return a;
}
template <typename T, typename T1>
T amin(T &a, T1 b) {
  if (b < a) a = b;
  return a;
}
const long long N = 0;
long long dp[500 + 1][500 + 1];
long long help(long long n, long long lower, long long k) {
  if (n == 1) return 0;
  if (n == 0) return 1;
  if (lower > k) return 0;
  if (dp[n][lower] != -1) {
    return dp[n][lower];
  }
  long long ans = 0;
  for (long long i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
    long long waysToPick = combination(n, i, MM);
    long long waysToAssign = expo(min(k - lower + 1, n - 1), i, MM);
    ans +=
        mod_mul(waysToPick * waysToAssign, help(n - i, lower + n - 1, k), MM);
    ans %= MM;
  }
  dp[n][lower] = mod_add(ans, 0, MM);
  return ans;
}
void solve() {
  long long n, k;
  cin >> n >> k;
  if (k < n) {
    cout << expo(k, n, MM) << endl;
  } else {
    for (long long i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
      for (long long j = 0; j <= k; j++) {
        dp[i][j] = -1;
      }
    }
    cout << help(n, 1, k) << endl;
  }
}
signed main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.tie(0);
  long long t = 1;
  while (t--) solve();
  return 0;
}
