Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
unhappiness; sad fate; misfortune
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
society; public; community; social studies
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life