destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
company (i.e. business); company (i.e. group of friends)
red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department
sincere; faithful; honest
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
it cannot be helped; there is no way; (arch.) intolerable; (arch.) unbearable
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
red-lacquered sword sheath
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
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
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
river management; river improvement; flood control
smelting furnace; blast furnace
setting on fire; setting afire
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
to run away; to escape safely
area under direct control (of the shogun)
one example of (when there are more examples)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
dispersal; scattering; discrete
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate