to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
becoming a lordless samurai
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
rule; government; administration
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
armaments; military preparations
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
influence; clout; leverage
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie