Taiwanese; Taiwanese Hokkien

(Taiwan under Japanese rule) aboriginal language

to study / to learn

rule, governance

to rule, to govern

Taiwan

talk, speak / word, language, term / Short for 物語 (monogatari): story, tale, narrative

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

grow thick and full (of plant growth) / multiply, increase