exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
member of shogun's council of elders
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
Takeda Kōunsai (1803-1865)
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to do together; to share; to participate in
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
fighting to the bitter end; going down with the ship; (lit.) remaining in one's castle and fighting to the end
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
22nd day of the month; 22 days
23rd day of the month; 23 days
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)