Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
arm; skill; efforts; ability
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
despair; desperation; abandonment
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side
street at night; making a night journey
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
fine; minute; detailed; meticulous; precise
like; similar to; same as
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
writing; book; (literary) work
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England