rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hired thief taker (Edo period); private detective; private secret policeman
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
the way back; the way home; return trip
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
why; how; for what reason
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to be silent; to say nothing
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame