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growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

110

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

6

Japan

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

74

ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

78

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

32

Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)

1

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

4

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

1

fifth day of the month; five days

1

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

3

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

125

inn

1

to gather; to collect; to assemble

3

Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)

1

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

hey; hold on; come on

10

expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

8

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

6

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

5

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

128

Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

17

then; well; so; be; is

38

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

2

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

6

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

putting to the sword

1

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

9

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

1

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

1

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

1

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

2

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

person who is ...; thing that is ...

5

ronin; lordless samurai

4

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

3

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1