to insist on one's own ideas
being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)
to consult (somebody); to talk something over
the treasure that is children; child
disobeying the emperor's order
fence; bulwark; guarding wall
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
secret order of the Emperor; confidential imperial command
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
the shogunate (administration)
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
undergoing training; learning
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
everlasting; eternal; continued; unchanging
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
fold; crease; lineage; pedigree; reason; logic
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period