薩さっ長ちょう

noun

Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

Historical term referring to the alliance between the Satsuma and Chōshū domains during the late Edo period, which played a key role in the Meiji Restoration.

• 薩さっ長ちょう同どう盟めいは幕ばく末まつの重じゅう要ような出で来き事ごとだ。

  The Satsuma–Chōshū Alliance was an important event at the end of the Edo period.