(Catholic) church; cathedral
purification; cleaning up; purging
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
sovereign power; the reins of government
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
adherence to the shogunate
big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard
imperial sanction; royal charter; chartered (e.g. chartered accountant)
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
starvation; famine; hunger
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
god of death; death deity; Death
diffusion index; discomfort index; drug information
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
the ways of the world; human nature
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
biological parent; real parent
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
government forces; loyalist army
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
(one acting as a) foster parent
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge