the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
government forces; loyalist army
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
post; quarters; military station; police station
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
military physician or surgeon
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
(political) administration; political power
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to watch over; to watch attentively
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
society; the world; the times