Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo