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Nakaizumi

1

Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

1

Seikan'innomiya

1

Mimi

1

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

2

letter of invitation

1

dry moat

1

the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

1

royal or imperial domain

1

Saisuke

1

Shungaku

1

Toshimichi

1

Mukaiyama

1

Iseya

1

Abeshikibu

1

making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

1

Perli

3

inquiry; enquiry

1

to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down

1

an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles

1

making a living copying or writing

1

arson; incendiarism

1

irritating; annoying; nosy

1

Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)

1

commoner; patriot; humble subject; late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid-18th century to mid-19th century)

1

coastal defense; coastal defence

1

wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

3

treasured; cherished

1

naval academy

1

Katsusaburou

1

Nizaemon

1

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

1

life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened

1

Meiji Restoration

4

China; Chinese

1

Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)

4

dyer

1

personal meeting (esp. used by females)

1

Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus

1

to plot against

1

convention; tired tradition; old custom

1

Inari Shrine

2

country samurai

1

leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

1

United Kingdom; England

5

legation

3

wholesale rice dealer

2