Irie Kuichi (1837.5.9-864.8.20)
ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
I don't like it; I hate it
ambush; interception; counter-attack
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
establishment; foundation
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
military science; strategy; tactics
becoming a lordless samurai
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
to look attractive; to look nice
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
red-horned demon; red ogre
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
certain evidence; definite evidence
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
party-internal; within the party
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to perceive; to understand