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overthrow of the shogunate
薩摩と長州が倒幕の中心勢力となった。
Satsuma and Choshu became the central forces for overthrowing the shogunate.
倒幕運動が明治維新へとつながった。
The movement to overthrow the shogunate led to the Meiji Restoration.
倒幕の志士たちが密議を重ねた。
The loyalists who sought to overthrow the shogunate held secret meetings.