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destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king

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company (i.e. business); company (i.e. group of friends)

1

red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy

1

armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department

1

Denzou

1

Ichirōemon

1

guardian deity

1

terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)

2

sincere; faithful; honest

1

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

1

it cannot be helped; there is no way; (arch.) intolerable; (arch.) unbearable

1

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

1

reverberatory furnace

1

to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

1

on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

1

red-lacquered sword sheath

1

skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world

3

Sunaga

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

5

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

4

to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up

1

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

2

western style or fashion

1

five-sided fortification

2

ironworks; steelworks

1

Toranosuke

1

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1

John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin

2

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

1

betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

1

to backbite

1

to err

1

Ardisia crenata; coralberry

1

raw silk thread

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

1

shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal

2

overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

1

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

1

river management; river improvement; flood control

1

smelting furnace; blast furnace

1

Meiji Restoration (1868)

1

Okabe

1

imperial visit

1

setting on fire; setting afire

1

steam engine

2

education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft

1

castle tower

1

to run away; to escape safely

1

Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

7

area under direct control (of the shogun)

1