koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
departure; leaving; starting; standing
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
one's later years; final years (in life)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
assumed innocence; feigned ignorance
foreign trade; external trade
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
battle dust; the tumult of war
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to be prolonged; to drag on
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate