splendid horse; promoted bishop
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
sound; noise; note; Chinese-derived character reading
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
becoming a lordless samurai
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
person who is ...; thing that is ...
Nakaoka Shintarou (1838.5.6-1867.12.12)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)