listen!; you see; mind you; remember
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to find out; to discover; to locate
to beat to death; to kill
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
instead; but (on the other hand)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to pass (of time); to elapse
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing