ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
Gilman; Gillman; Gillmann; Guillemin; Guilmant
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
as (for); for; in the capacity of
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
considerably; fairly; quite
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
good humour (humor); good mood
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
witnessing; observing; sighting
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
it's no joke; gimme a break!
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine