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government and municipal offices; public agencies

1

steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower

2

(made of) steel

1

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

6

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

2

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

10

to take a break

1

hey; yo; hi

1

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

2

trivia

2

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

1

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

2

feudal retainer or warrior

4

member of shogun's council of elders

3

Nobumasa

4

mood

2

rejection

2

outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

3

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

3

quiz; short test; mini test

1

to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

1

revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

1

(Edo-period) chief minister

1

Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)

1

Mito Roushi

2

March; third month of the lunar calendar

2

feudal system of the shogunate and domains

1

Imperial Court

1

bakufu; shogunate

1

shogunate marital union with the Imperial Family

1

Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)

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Kazunomiya (1846.7.3-1877.9.2)

1

general; shogun

2

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

1

marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

1

reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

1

cache memory

1

ronin; lordless samurai

1

Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

2

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

4

Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

territory

1

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

2

injury; wound

1

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

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