whorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
monetary offering; offertory
the whole nation; all the people in the land
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
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)
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
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
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
feudal retainer or warrior
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
a person without a single relative
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
one party; one faction; one clique
severe punishment; rigorous measures