shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
hired thief taker (Edo period); private detective; private secret policeman
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler