feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
than; from; out of; except; but; more
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to say; to be called; to do
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
job; work; duties; trade; skill
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
imperial decree; imperial edict
restoration of imperial rule
court council; privy council
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice