female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
wherein; therein; thereinto
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
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
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
overthrow of the shogunate
trend; tendency; momentum
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
hostility; antagonism; opposition
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be worried; to be troubled
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)