to have the privilege of doing
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
one's house; one's home; one's family
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
little by little; bit by bit
long-established; old-established; traditional
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
occupation; calling; livelihood
story; tale; talk; discussion
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
to find out; to discover; to locate
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to serve; to work for; to attend
the world in general; society; convention
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to brave a danger; to take a risk
enemy territory; hostile place
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
secret information; intelligence
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
temple elementary school (Edo period)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
since then; from that time; ever since