man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
punishment (of an enemy); chastisement
commoner; patriot; humble subject; late Edo period commoner opposition movement (mid-18th century to mid-19th century)
female prisoner; female convict
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
to send back; to refer back
beginning of the world; creation
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
highway route (Edo period); main route
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
peace conference; peace negotiations
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
government forces; government troops
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank