applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
dwelling; house; residence; address
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
day (as in holiday); daytime
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
reality; actuality; hard fact
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
interruption; suspension; break
drug-resistant bacterium; drug-resistant bacteria
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to some extent; to a certain extent
to join together; to combine; to join up
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
overthrow of the shogunate
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
restoration of imperial rule
to leave this world; to die
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)
Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)
Katsura Kogorou (1833-77)