physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to increase (all the more)
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
to cut; to slit; to slash
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
to wash clean; to cleanse
showing no fear, even of God
head of a sleeping person
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
to shove in; to push in; to force in
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
splendid horse; promoted bishop
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
at first; initially; in the beginning