to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
going into battle; departure for the front
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
adds force or indicates command
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
Tottori (city, prefecture)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
price reduction; discount
will not do; do not; does not
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence