living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
(social) position; status
(political) power; authority; influence
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
than; from; out of; except; but; more
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
wherein; therein; thereinto
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
program (e.g. TV); programme
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
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.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very