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)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan
the shogunate (administration)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
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
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
pardon; remission; amnesty
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
how many times; how often
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain