sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
considerably; fairly; quite
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
under the orders of; by order (command)
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to escape death; to be saved from death
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
not yet known; unknown; strange
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
again; once more; a second time