as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
woman; female; feminine gender
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
street; quarter; district; area
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
a long time (since the last time)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
face; looks; vestiges; trace
now; the present time; just now; another; more
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
in this way; thus; such; uh...