even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
estimation; criticism; comment
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
stature; build; height; size; physique
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
military family; warrior class
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
blood vessel; blood relationship
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
the king and his feudal lords
genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
deep emotion; strong feelings
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
direct descent; direct line
accession to the throne; enthronement
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
fortress; stronghold; citadel
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
when it comes to ...; as for ...
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember