terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
name; given name; first name
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
head; chief; boss; leader
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
heaven and earth; universe; trigrams qian and kun (of the I Ching); yin and yang; northwest and southwest
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh