newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
yosakoi; dance originating in Kōchi Prefecture using naruko
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
roundup; wholesale arrest
rich country; national enrichment
drill (esp. military); training
things depend on how you look at them
exemplar; model; example; pattern
security for a loan; collateral
world of suffering; life of prostitution
agricultural administration
adherence to the shogunate
rubbish heap; garbage dump
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
just one person; only one
becoming a lordless samurai
overthrow of the shogunate
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
change of course (ship); steering in a different direction
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
returning to the service of one's master
various fiefdoms; various domains
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly