Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1700)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
head of a household; business owner; proudly independent person; feudal lord; daimyo
with these words; while saying
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
to subsist; to keep on living
(the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
official notice; notification
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
newly appointed; inaugural
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
Western clothing; Western binding
rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
repeating firearm; a repeater
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
woodblock printing; woodblock print