Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
mainland China; China proper
to become decrepit and ugly with age
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to talk; to carry meaning
semi-arid; semiarid; semidry
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to throw into; to toss into
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
to employ; to hire (a servant)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling
supply; supplying; replenishment
to shine in (light); to illuminate
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on