Alternative spelling of 新選組 (Shinsengumi): a special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period

the final years of the Edo era

Alternative spelling of 守る

Short for 京都府 (Kyōto-fu): Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan) / Short for 京都市 (Kyōto-shi): Kyoto (the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) / a surname / a female given name

class, group, team, set

class, group, team, set

to agree / to be one's friend, to be on one's side / to use force

group; team / set; unit / combination

Kyoto (a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea)

a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled anthology of poems”) in two volumes, thought to be compiled by Sugawara no Michizane around 893–913 CE, with the poems completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)