spare the rod and spoil the child; (lit.) if you love your children, send them out into the world
suggestion; hint; implication
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to polish one's shoes; to clean your shoes
to take out a boat; to put out a boat
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
independence movement; mutually independent
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
review (of learned material); revision
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
noted doctor; excellent physician
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
on one hand; on the other hand
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive