brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
body; group; party; company; troupe
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
survival; survivor; relic
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
biological older sister; real elder sister
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
calamity; disaster; misfortune
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
workshop; studio; atelier
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
presumption; assumption; estimation