Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (1832-1868)
incoming ship; ship entering port
erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
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
small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple
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)
highly regrettable; utterly deplorable
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes
Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)
to talk big; to be bombastic
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity