ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to be out of resources; to run out of stock
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
adds force or indicates command
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
gargling; rinsing one's mouth