(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
nation at war; militant nation
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to join forces; to cooperate
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
axis; pivot; central figure; key man
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
marshy grassland; wetlands
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
verbal promise; one's word
warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful
rented room; renting a room
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
preparation; arrangements
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
missing person; wanted person
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
in the meanwhile; during the time
separate; scattered; apart
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
mental illness; psychosis
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss