honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
in this way; thus; such; uh...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to detain; to check; to restrain
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
you; (arch.) your residence
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
military forces; hosts; troops
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
autumn moon; harvest moon
existence; possession; having; limited company
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
every place; various places
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)