collection of haiku poems
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
to walk around; to travel around
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
delicate; gentle; fleeting
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
Bunkyū era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
division by 1000; one-thousandth
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
verge of death; dying moments
extreme north; North Pole
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream