unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
with these words; while saying
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
distinction; differentiation; classification
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
to subsist; to keep on living
(the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to snatch from; to steal from
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
official notice; notification
banquet or reception hall
newly appointed; inaugural
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
Western clothing; Western binding
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
repeating firearm; a repeater
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
model year (of an automobile, etc.)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year