to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
school; school building; schoolhouse
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
adds force or indicates command
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to say; to be called; to do
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo