payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
near; close; beside; third person
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
wound suffered in a fight
bravery; courage; heroism
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to entrust; to leave to a person
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
main; principal; chief; primary; major
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)