Takashima Shuuhan (1798-1866)
company (i.e. business); company (i.e. group of friends)
accession (to the throne)
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
going to Europe; trip to Europe
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions
world fair; international exposition
worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
because; the reason why is
small amount; bit; smidgen
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
maid of honor; maid of honour
Roche; Roches; Roesch; Roshch
ladder form of "high" kanji
restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away