within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
form of government; system of government; polity
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution
headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
line; queue; procession; matrix
killing and wounding; bloodshed
just the other day; quite recently
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
unceasing; never-ending; endless
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
unchastity; misconduct; dissipation; fornication
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to cut; to slit; to cut open
mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity