futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to rise; to erect; to get up
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
again; once more; a second time
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
overthrow of the shogunate
trend; tendency; momentum
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
bureau director; office chief
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
older brother; elder brother
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)