Seiten wo Tsuke (EP5) "Eiichi is shaken" (Patreon)
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When Eiichi learns how the Qing Dynasty was defeated by the British in the Opium War from a book recommended by Junchu, he fears for the future of an open Japan. Meanwhile, Eiichi's older sister, Naka, becomes depressed when her uncle, Sosuke, and his friends oppose her marriage proposal on the superstitious grounds that the other party's family has an evil spirit. On the other hand, Nariaki, who still cannot accept the policy of the shogunate, goes out of control. The elder Abe Masahiro and Nariaki's aide Fujita Toko desperately try to restrain him. Then, a major earthquake strikes Edo.
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- 悲憤慷慨 (hifunkougai) — "indignant lamentation over the evils of the times", what it means is that one is to lament and indignant (Angered at something unjust or wrong) with worldly affairs and own fate. This is a Yojijukugo (four-character compound) 悲(grieve, sad, deplore, regret) 憤(resent, indignant, anger) 慷(weep, grieve) 慨(rue, sad, sigh, lament).
- 士農工商 (Shinou kōshō) — "The four occupation" is the hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
- Osaki is a type of spirit possession of a fox told about in legends of Japan. They are also called osaki-gitsune. Families that have osaki are called "osaki-mochi" (osaki havers)
- Toushoushinkun refers to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- hokora (small wayside shrine)
- Tamamo-no-Mae - She was said to be a most beautiful and intelligent woman, being able to answer any question asked. She caused the Emperor to be extremely ill and was eventually exposed as a fox spirit by the astrologer Abe no Yasuchika, who had been called to diagnose the cause of the Emperor's poor health.
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