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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

22

constable; method of catching criminals

3

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

73

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

6

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

17

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

3

splendid horse; promoted bishop

31

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

2

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

2

to arrest; to apprehend

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

21

then; well; so; be; is

59

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

1

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

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

1

evening; night; dinner

1

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

100

temple (Buddhist)

5

rice field

5

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

5

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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Fushimi

2

magistrate's office

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

97

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

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

115

please

3

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

54

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.

79

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

2

Shinzou

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

12

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

18

feudal retainer or warrior

3

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

1

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

15

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

2

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

4

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

2