family; members of a family
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
upper reaches of a river; upstream
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria