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Kumejirou

17

Teizou

2

attacking party; punitive force; pursuers

1

school; school building; schoolhouse

2

Shoukasonjuku

1

revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

2

to clear one's name

2

Umetarou

2

Inosuke

2

Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)

1

Genzui

5

unnatural death; violent death

1

(imperial) words

1

rare genius

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

2

arriving on an island

3

Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)

2

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you

4

to forbid; to suppress

1

Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)

2

wallet; billfold; purse; handbag

1

being intrusive; intrusive person

1

gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; (lit.) incense money

1

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

1

becoming a lordless samurai

4

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

1

devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family

1

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

3

various fiefdoms; various domains

1

start; leaving; marching off

3

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

2

to purchase; to buy in

1

suicide by the sword

1

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

6

palace visit

1

Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty

1

person with whom one is having an illicit love affair

1

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

1

imperial visit

2

expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

3

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

1

private-school student

1

to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

1

girl; lass; young thing; chick

1

to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

1