addition; adding up; integration; estimate; quantity survey
small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple
to talk big; to be bombastic
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
sick and wounded soldiers
Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)
by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
going to the capital; working in a government office
farm work; field labour; field labor
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
making one's best exertions
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
disciple; pupil; follower
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
going on a pleasure jaunt
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
beautiful woman; pretty girl
to be profitable; to yield a profit