(short-term) leave allowed a servant
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
to persuade someone to accept the inevitable
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
Western civilization; Western civilisation
one house; the same house; detached house
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to get warm; to become warm
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
to make a sale of government property
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
bygones; the past; past event
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
start; leaving; marching off
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
smuggling (people); stowing away
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
party-internal; within the party
modernization; modernisation
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
near; nearby; not far off
to escape death; to be saved from death
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration