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consideration for others; thinking about others

1

Yasutomo

14

tenant; occupant

1

handkerchief

1

Isami

1

sleeping together

1

Hattsan

1

Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident

1

Shimada

1

to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes

1

Hajime

76

around one's lips

1

Souji

1

Amagiri

23

Nagakura

512

Hijikata

49

to put someone to trouble

1

to keep face; to save face; to not lose face

1

chartula; cartridge

2

Yukimura

4

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

1

Nomura

2

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

4

undergoing training; learning

5

Matsumoto

1

to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside

1

pacification; placating

3

to aerate; to air

1

celadon porcelain

1

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

9

to take a breath; to take a short rest

2

(brute) force; using all one's might

1

western style or fashion

1

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

1

Okita

2

Souma

2

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

1

confrontation of armies

1

to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound

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

1

Harada

50

Kazama

7

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

Inoue

4

Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)

1

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

1

major loss; crushing defeat; big discount

1

confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down

1

mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly

1

law; ban; prohibition; ordinance

1