to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
plot; conspiracy; conference
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
place to die; place of death
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
personal grudge; personal enmity
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
directly; in person; firsthand
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to encamp; to take up a position
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
but; however; provided that
royal castle; imperial castle
departure; leaving; going away; recession
this for sure; certainly is
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)