Kawaji Toshiyoshi (1834-1879.10.13)
to be saved from the fire
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
educated; learned; schooled
plot; conspiracy; conference
knowledge applied to evil purposes
setting on fire; setting afire
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
the other day; some time ago; recently
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
what is called; what they call; so-called
to encamp; to take up a position
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job