Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (1832-1868)
incoming ship; ship entering port
history of poetry (esp. Chinese); history recorded in the form of poetry
illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog
Tokugawa Nariaki (1800-1860)
erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
tantalizing sample (of food); tantalising sample (of food)
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
go-between; matchmaker; Cupid
to consult (somebody); to talk something over
quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement
restraining (someone); restraint
another day; the next day
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
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
directly under; falling perpendicularly
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)