thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen