entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
loitering on the way; wayside grass
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
ordinary people; general public; public at large
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
self-torturing; masochistic
pure literature; belles-lettres
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
speech; expression; wording; language
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Minakata Kumagusu (1867.5.18-1941.12.29)