superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
still; as yet; as it has been
important point; strategic position; key point
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
two times; twice; two degrees
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
anything and everything; just about everything
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
government forces; loyalist army
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to badger; to pester; to beg