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sweat and blood

2

Kendou

1

Oryuu

1

Shoujirou

3

great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

1

Shinsaku

1

Oort

1

geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts

1

interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter

1

royal capital; imperial capital

1

feudal decree; edict by a daimyo

1

Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)

1

heavy turnover (trading)

1

participation in government

1

realistic; practical; grounded

1

Matsutarou

1

Youdou

1

kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)

4

Glover

7

veering

1

drill (esp. military); training

1

private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition

1

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

1

camphor

4

earnings call

1

roadside; wayside

1

United Kingdom; England

3

please (do for me)

4

barbarians; aliens

1

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

2

high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)

2

high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

1

large industrial company; major corporation; big business

1

plenty; many; a lot

2

in a company; troupe

3

raw cotton; cotton wool

1

restoration of imperial rule

4

noncommissioned officer

1

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

3

welcome

1

starboard (side of a ship)

2

transfer of control

1

union

1

enemy ship; enemy vessel

1

maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

14

endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll

1

raw silk thread

1

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government

1

beriberi

1