interest; rights; concession
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
going around; patrol; round; tour
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
same kind (race); homogeneousness
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to be amused or interested in
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
to bring close; to bring near; to associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
popular edition (of a book)
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end