something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
imperial order; imperial decree; imperial command
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
arrow and target; arrow used for shooting marks
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
interpreter (in the Edo period)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
to die; (lit.) to become earth
withdrawing from the castle
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suō); (arch.) sleeveless robe worn by commoners
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
the Emperor's person or presence
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
succession to headship of a family
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
missing person; wanted person