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Keisuke

3

to cut out (a dress) from cloth

1

Isami

1

let's put formalities aside; let's not speak so stiffly

1

Chikage

2

do not let your guard down after a victory; (lit.) tighten the strings of your helmet after winning

1

eyes slanted upward; rising tendency

1

many feudal clans

2

Shimada

4

hacking to pieces

1

Hajime

171

Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)

1

hacking to pieces

1

dish dressed with sesame sauce

1

public flower garden

2

vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

1

verge of death; dying moments

1

a little too short; slightly worse; a bit inferior

1

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

1

doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

1

Amagiri

9

waning moon

1

(arch.) carpenter's square; perpendicularity; straightness; model; standard

1

glass; glassware; diamond

1

Nagakura

18

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

1

with a rosy future; offering promising prospects

1

Hijikata

70

bush; shrub

1

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

Yukimura

30

round, wooden container for cooked rice

1

Nomura

2

Matsumoto

8

nation building

1

Toudou

26

I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then

1

pacification; placating

1

decapitation

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

eating only a little; having a small appetite

1

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

1

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

27

someone

1

imperial tomb

4

the shogunate army

1

Okita

3

drawing; sketch; outline; summary; synopsis

1

isn't it great?; carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868

3

being under the rule of; being under the government of

1