early spiketail (species of flowering plant, Stachyurus praecox)
Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
to bust down a door; to break a door open
single-person cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
gold and jewels; precious object
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
new government; new administration