carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868; (lit.) why not?
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
existence; possession; having; limited company
splendid horse; promoted bishop
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how; in what way; how about
meaning; called; named; that says; that
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
society; the world; the times
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
person who is ...; thing that is ...
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)