whorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
fund-raising tournaments of Edo period
awareness comes only through practice
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
monetary offering; offertory
the whole nation; all the people in the land
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed
to be talked about behind one's back
becoming a lordless samurai
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
opinion in writing; written opinion; argument
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
smuggling (people); stowing away
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion