haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
in that way; thus; so; so?
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
small fraction; small proportion
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
several years; a few years
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to need; to call for; to require
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence