losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
preliminary step; first step
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
professor; teaching; instruction
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
study; pursuit of knowledge
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
ambitious; motivated; willful
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
paper airplane (aeroplane)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry