adds force or indicates command
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
various fiefdoms; various domains
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
how; in what way; how about
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into