thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Tokugawa Iemochi (1846.7.17-1866.8.29), Shougun 1858-1866
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
settlement; solution; resolution
Britain and France; Anglo-French
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
our country; our land; one's own country
to attack; to assault; to assail
to prevent; to take precautions
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
like this; this sort; this way
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to be fired up with enthusiasm for accomplishing something
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
private person; individual
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation