to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
(social) position; status
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
flames; forefront of fire; flame tips
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
contemplation; meditation
to send or direct a person to
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
well-cooked; well-done; browned
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to put into effect; to put into practice
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
class-B; B class; B grade; second rate
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
merman; half man-half fish
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Central and South America
high ground; plateau; heights
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry