well; in good health; safe; free from accident
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to order; to command; to appoint
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
world fair; international exposition
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
feudal retainer or warrior
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
at that time; in those days
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
right beside; close to; nearby
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation