something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
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.)
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
interpreter (in the Edo period)
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
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
the Emperor's person or presence
succession to headship of a family
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
missing person; wanted person
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
haughty; holding one's head high
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone