first generation; founder
paying an unannounced visit; rudeness
tradition; legend; folklore
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
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
in the mountains; among the mountains
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
family; relatives; dependents; household
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
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 aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
even more; still more; further
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute