earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire