people; citizens; subjects; folk
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
early on; earlier on; from early
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(some) more; even more; longer; further
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
feudal retainer or warrior
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
together; at the same time; same; identical
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
all present; all concerned; all of us
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
many; a lot; much; multitude
to gather; to collect; to assemble
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)