good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
metallic sound; metallic clank
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
police officer; policeman; constable
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
by myself; in person; by oneself
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
Kawaji Toshiyoshi (1834-1879.10.13)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
armored ship; armoured ship
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back