huh; I'll be damned; well!
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
derailment; digression; deviation
while; even though; despite
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to face; to go towards; to head towards
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except