to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
overthrow of the shogunate
trend; tendency; momentum
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
hostility; antagonism; opposition
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
myself; yourself; I; me; you
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun