exclusion; retraction; displacement
daughter (of a good family)
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
passing away; dying; death
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
how many times; how often
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
post; quarters; military station; police station
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
to fight with swords; to cross swords
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation