to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
(political) administration; political power
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
sovereign power; the reins of government
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
survival; survivor; relic
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
restoration of imperial rule
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
in that way; thus; so; so?
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
autumn moon; harvest moon
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence