Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
person who is ...; thing that is ...
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end