to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
place to die; place of death
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
firm; strong; solid; stable
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
second day of the month; two days
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
manly; masculine; like a man
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold