parched flour, esp. barley (can be drunk in hot water with sugar)
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
school; school building; schoolhouse
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Kijima Matabee (1817.2.23-1864.8.20)
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
woman's looks; woman's charm
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
no problem; it doesn't matter
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
before ... days (months, etc.)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
hard-line policy; tough measure
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
to seek a path; to find one's way
military conflict; armed conflict
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation