village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
book; volume; this; present; main; head
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
high-definition television; HDTV
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
TV series; television series
all you want; as much as one wants
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
water's edge; beach; shore
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
two persons; two people; pair; couple
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling