one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
by means of; due to; because of; according to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
(Edo-period) chief minister
authority; power; influence
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
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
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to spread; to be propagated
in that way; thus; so; so?
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
overthrow of the shogunate
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect