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the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

1

Motoyama

35

Isami

3

many feudal clans

1

Shimada

9

Hajime

113

Hachirou

11

(military) unit flag; unit colors

2

Iba

463

hammering sound; hammering

1

Souji

1

fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

1

Amagiri

1

good God; good deities; true teachings of Buddha

1

hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

1

Nagakura

3

revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

1

Hijikata

29

death in madness; dying insane

1

barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan

1

Yukimura

22

to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

1

Nomura

8

to make a person sweat for it

1

Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)

2

I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough

1

undergoing training; learning

3

Matsumoto

12

Toudou

1

pacification; placating

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day

5

to torture; to persecute; to excruciate

2

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

1

the shogunate army

1

five-sided fortification

12

Okita

2

to achieve one's desire

1

Souma

10

translator

1

well-bred; of good upbringing

1

to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord

1

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

15

to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)

1

Harada

4

to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar

1

ingenuity; resourcefulness

1

to shoot or fire off an arrow

1

Kazama

2