fifth day of the month; five days
although I say; although one might say; although called
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
retreating figure; appearance from behind
almost; roughly; approximately
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
good-for-nothing; worthless
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation