what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
meaning; called; named; that says; that
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
to gather; to collect; to assemble
government; administration; ministry
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
extremists; radicals; militants
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
something like ...; something called ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to have an eye on; to zero in on
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
declaration of war; proclamation of war
called; known as; that; to say