meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Takashima Shuuhan (1798-1866)
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
only; merely; but; no more than
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
Ooshio Heihachirou (1793-1837)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
one's later years; final years (in life)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
even so; anyhow; at any rate
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
cheap article; poor quality article
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess