Matsudaira Yoshinaga (1828-1890)
Kōka era (1844.12.2-1848.2.28)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
I don't like it; I hate it
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
speech and behaviour (behavior)
(another person's) younger sister
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
tossing and turning while asleep
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
national crisis; national disaster
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
just; fair; proper; reasonable
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
party-internal; within the party
outrageous lie; outright lie