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

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to die peacefully; to have lived a full life

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Isami

3

military affairs; military work

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Shimada

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Hajime

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(military) unit flag; unit colors

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gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

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

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Amagiri

2

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

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Nagakura

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

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Hijikata

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chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives

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Yukimura

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

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Nomura

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burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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Sendagaya

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Matsumoto

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decapitation

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(a place) out of one's reach

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fort; battery

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

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pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

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five-sided fortification

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Okita

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to wear out

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Souma

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measles

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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

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end of a sentence

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Harada

1

Kazama

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Inoue

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Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

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Yamazaki

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kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)

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northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

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becoming a lordless samurai

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Heisuke

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tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)

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overthrow of the shogunate

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Kondou

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at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

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trend; tendency; momentum

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post; quarters; military station; police station

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story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

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