feces and urine; excreta; human waste
rebel; insurrectionist; traitor
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
secret order of the Emperor; confidential imperial command
passing away; dying; death
sovereign power; the reins of government
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan
father of one's country; father of the nation
the shogunate (administration)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Roche; Roches; Roesch; Roshch
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
isn't it great?; carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
imperial sanction; royal charter; chartered (e.g. chartered accountant)
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
restoration of imperial rule
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter