consideration for others; thinking about others
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes
to put someone to trouble
to keep face; to save face; to not lose face
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
(brute) force; using all one's might
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
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
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
to make (a person) pay for (something)
emotional wall; internal barrier
the good fortune to have been born male
overthrow of the shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
trend; tendency; momentum
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion