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Sumako

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aimless attempt; shot in the dark

1

nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

1

Makiko

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

Toujirou

1

day-by-day renewal; rapid progress

3

perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

3

Kikuko

1

(army unit of) conscripted farmers

1

Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)

2

low price

1

Tose

1

universe; realm of thought; underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other

2

to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill

1

to liberate; to set free

1

to divide (by); to remove; to exclude

1

insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

1

night watch; night watchman

1

return to a castle

1

Saku

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

3

Heihachirou

1

Kanbee

3

large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

1

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

1

farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

1

to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour

1

privy; toilet

1

charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled

1

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner

1

gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg

2

peace conference; peace negotiations

1

two flat things

6

defeat; lost battle; defeated army

1

suicide by the sword

1

to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

1

mountain river; mountain stream

3

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

1

holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own

1

caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

1

in the midst of the enemy

3

accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band

7

our side; we

1

young samurai

1

scattered; separated; dispersed

1

to be transparent; to show through

4