good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
way; method; means; resource; course
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to make a person sweat for it
to understand; to comprehend
to be discordant; to have discord
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
moron; idiot; stupid person
to capture; to seize; to plunder
various fiefdoms; various domains
conflict; fighting each other
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
every year; yearly; annually
important point; strategic position; key point
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
trend of the times; way things are going
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam