to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
private affairs; personal matter
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
year of one's birth; one's birth year
time; hour; period; class
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
government forces; loyalist army
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
government forces; government troops
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
near; nearby; not far off
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
situated deep in the mountains
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
brewing; distilling; wine-making
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)