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financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)

1

mutual attack training

1

(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)

1

stray bullet

1

bowel pains; painful loose bowels

2

Kashitarou

2

middle of the month; mid-month

1

Risaburou

2

cynical; warped; envious

1

Aizawa Seishisai (1782.7.5-1863.8.27)

1

New Year's calls

1

Gun'ichi

1

breech-loading

1

Kazue

5

Tokugawa Iemochi (1846.7.17-1866.8.29), Shougun 1858-1866

2

even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

1

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

1

Ryoujun

7

tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull

1

newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned

1

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

1

Kyou

5

Keisuke

1

Kyuuju

5

Toshizou

1

contrary to reason

1

ladder-top stunts

1

(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness

2

court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

1

to look the other way; to hush up a problem

1

brightness; clearness

1

acupuncturist

1

Genzaburou

3

glass bead

1

light breeze

1

Motoyama

22

Isami

31

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

1

witty; smart and polished

1

sleeping together

1

does not agree with; does not get along with

1

low ground

1

to settle (a problem)

1

separatists; secessionists

1

elixir (of life)

1

entering the service of a daimyo

1

sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

1

life imprisonment

1

Hattsan

3

source of all kinds of diseases

1