colonnade; row of columns
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
waxing and waning; phases of moon
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
lobby; lounge; recreation room; break room
complete book; complete set; treatise
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
land of the gods; Japan; China
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)
high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
military science; strategy; tactics
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
stupid idiot; total moron
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
great man; magnanimous man
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
way of the sword; swordsmanship
to pitch camp; to set up camp
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
party-internal; within the party
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
feudal retainer or warrior
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to trample down; to devastate