to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
while; during; while; although; all; both
have a good day; take care; see you
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
before the gate; in front of the gate
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
by means of; due to; because of; according to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
authority; power; influence
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
March; third month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
becoming a lordless samurai
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
feudal retainer or warrior
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
should do; ought to do; must do
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
person who is ...; thing that is ...