Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
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 step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
one by one; one after another; successively
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
enemy territory; hostile place
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
head; chief; boss; leader
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very