looking on from afar; being a spectator
final scene; the end; finale
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
roundup; wholesale arrest
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
weakening; emaciation; decline
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
first sign of the Chinese calendar
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
military camp; barracks; camping
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
dozens; scores of; decades
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
lineage; pedigree; good family
horse tack; horse gear; harness
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
every street corner; every crossing
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
life; living; I; me; student
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age