grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in that way; thus; so; so?
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
what do you want?; can I help you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
unexpectedly; surprisingly
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to annoy; to cause trouble
master thief; notorious robber
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)