feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
war; battle; match; game; competition
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to take advantage of an opportunity
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
security guard; doorkeeper
governor-general; governor; viceroy
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
a little bit; a little while
in this way; thus; such; uh...
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid