audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis; to have trouble in one's lungs
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
rest in peace; requiescat in pace; RIP
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
situation; state of things; current affairs
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
how many times; how often
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
old friend; familiar face
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
mountain river; mountain stream
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
scattered; separated; dispersed
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
remote mountain; mountain recesses
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to come from; to have roots in