Kujou Michitaka (1839-1906.1.4)
strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; strong man; brave man
to entreat; to request earnestly
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
war clouds; threat of war
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
military system; military organization; military organisation
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
(historical) hereditary stipend
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove