pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
(dispensation of) free medicine
interpreter (in the Edo period)
heartless; inhuman; unfeeling
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
of tender years; very young
sincerity; true heart; devotion
disregarding strategy and using brute force
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
moderately wealthy person
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
agreement; assent; Norway
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
to rank with; to rank among
foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
main force; brute force; strong-arm
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)