Naruto Manga Chapter 1
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| ナルト | なると | Naruto (name of manga) | Naruto |
| 巻ノ一 | まき の いち | volume one | maki no ichi |
| 巻 まき かん | volume (of book) roll (of clothes) winding (watch) … | maki kan | |
| ノ の | particle の volume one, first of volumes (in katakana to emphasize) | no | |
| 一 いち | one, 1, first | ichi | |
| うずまきナルト | うずまき なると | Naruto Uzumaki (name of character) | Uzumaki Naruto |
| 忍道 | にんどう | ninja way (common word in Naruto) | nindou |
| 忍 にん | endurance patience self-restraint | nin | |
| 道 どう みち | road, path, route way, set of practices rules for conducting oneself | dou michi | |
| 岸本斉史 | きしもと まさし | Masashi Kishimoto (name of manga artist) | Kishimoto Masashi |
Book Disclaimer
Sentence 1 – この作品は
| この作品 | このさくひん | この + 作品 this work | kono sakuhin |
| この 此の | this… | kono | |
| 作品 さくひん | work (manga, book, film, …) performance, production, … | sakuhin | |
| は | particle は subject: この作品 as for this work… (marks the sentence topic) | ha (wa) | |
| フィクション | ふぃくしょん | fiction | fikushon |
| です | Japanese copula です this work = fiction (adds politeness and formality) | desu |
Sentence 2 – 現在の人物
| 現在の | げんざい の | 現在 + の current… present… | genzai no |
| 現在 げんざい | current now, present, … | genzai | |
| の | particle の current people current organization(s) current event(s) (links two or more nouns) | no | |
| 人物 | じんぶつ | person people figure(s), … | jinbutsu |
| 団体 | だんたい | organization(s) association(s) | dantai |
| 事件 | じけん | plot(s) event(s) incident(s), … | jiken |
| など | 等 | particle など et cetera and so forth, … (indicates an incomplete list) | nado |
| には | に + は as for… regarding… (double particle には) | ni ha (wa) | |
| は | particle は as for the relation to current… (marks topic of sentence) | ha (wa) | |
| に | particle に (unrelated) to (not related) to (marks target of action) | ni | |
| いっさい | 一切 | with negative verb: not at all absolutely not without exception with positive verb: all entirely everything | issai |
| 関係ありません | かんけい ありません | 関係 + ありません unrelated not related (polite form of 関係ない) | kankei arimasen |
| ありません | ある + 〜ます + せん is not, are not, has no (polite negative tense of ある) | arimasen | |
| ある 有る | to be (inanimate) to have, to happen, … | aru | |
| (Grammar) | ある (plain) ない (plain negative) あります (polite) ありません (polite negative) | aru nai arimasu arimasen | |
| 関係ない かんけいない | unrelated irrelevant unconcerned unconnected has no relation | kankei nai | |
| 関係 かんけい | relation connection relationship, … | kankei |
Sentence 3 – デジタル配信
| デジタル配信 | でじたる はいしん | digital distribution | dejitaru haishin |
| デジタル でじたる | digital | dejitaru | |
| 配信 はいしん | distribution, broadcast, … | haishin | |
| 用に | ように | 用 + に used for digital distribution made for digital distribution for the use of digital distribution | you ni |
| に | particle に (used) for… for (the use of…) (marks target of action) | ni | |
| 用 よう | as a suffix: for the use of… used for… made for… noun: business, task use, purpose | you | |
| 再編集 | さいへんしゅう | re-edit re-editing re-compilation | sai-henshuu |
| 再 さい | re- again, … | sai | |
| 編集 へんしゅう | editing compilation | henshuu | |
| を | particle を perform → re-edit carry out → re-edit (marks direct object of verb) | wo (o) | |
| 行っています | おこなっています | 行う + 〜ている + 〜ます has been performed (polite form of 行なっている) | okonatteimasu |
| 行なっている おこなっている | is performing has been performed is carrying out has been done | okonatteiru | |
| 行う おこなう | to perform, to do to carry out, … | okonau |
Table of Contents
| ナルト | なると | Naruto (name of manga) | Naruto |
| 巻ノ一 | まき の いち | volume one | maki no ichi |
| うずまきナルト | うずまき なると | Naruto Uzumaki (name of character) | Uzumaki Naruto |
| もくじ | 目次 | table of contents | mokuji |
| ナンバー | なんばー | number | nanbaa |
| 木ノ葉丸 | このはまる | Konohamaru (name of character) | Konohamaru |
| うちはサスケ | うちは さすけ | Sasuke Uchiha (name of character) | Uchiha Sasuke |
| はたけカカシ | はたけ かかし | Kakashi Hatake (name of character) | Hatake Kakashi |
| 油断大敵 | ゆだんたいてき | don’t let your guard down, … carelessness is the great enemy | yudantaiteki |
| サスケ君 | さすけくん | Sasuke-kun | Sasuke-kun |
| 君 くん | Japanese honorific 〜君/くん for young men, close male friends (indicates familiarity or friendship) | kun | |
| に限って | にかぎって | particularly, only in the case of, … | ni kagitte |
| カカシの | かかしの | カカシ + の Kakashi’s… | Kakashi no |
| の | particle の Kakashi’s conclusion conclusion of Kakashi (indicates possession/link) | no | |
| 結論 | けつろん | conclusion | ketsuron |
Naruto Manga Chapter 1
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| ナンバー | なんばあ | number | nanbaa |
| うずまきナルト | うずまき なると | Naruto Uzumaki (name of chapter) | Uzumaki Naruto |
| 昔 | むかし | once upon a time a long time ago, … | mukashi |
| 妖狐 | ようこ | mythological fox spirit | youko |
| ありけり | ある + ます(stem) + けり (there was, it is told there was) | arikeri | |
| ある | to be (object, things) to exist, to have, … | aru | |
| Conjugation: | ある あり(ます) | aru ari(masu) | |
| あり | ある (formal link between verbs) (masu-stem form of ある) | ari | |
| けり | indicates recollection or realization can form a poetic past tense, … (it is told…, it is said…) | keri | |
| その | その | that… | sono |
| 狐 | きつね | fox | kitsune |
| 九つの尾 | ここのつ の お | nine tails | kokonotsu no o |
| 九つ | ここのつ | nine | kokonotsu |
| の | case-marking particle no (shows possession like ‘s) | no | |
| 尾 | お | tail(s) | o |
| その尾 | そのお | that tail, those tails | sono o |
| 一度 | いちど | once, one time, … | ichido |
| 振らば | ふらば | 振る + ば (if swung, if shook) | furaba |
| 〜ば | if-conditional | ba | |
| 振る | ふる | to swing, to shake to wave, … | furu |
| 山崩れ | やまくずれ | landslide | yamakuzure |
| 津波 | つなみ | tsunami, tidal wave | tsunami |
| 立つ | たつ | to rise, to stand to stand up, … | tatsu |
Top Left
| これ | this | kore | |
| に | case-marking particle に (marks target: troubled “by”) | ni | |
| 困じて | こうじて | 困じる + te-form (troubled and/gut then…) | koujite |
| 困じる | こうじる | to be troubled to be worried to be bothered | koujiru |
| 人ども | ひとども | person, (the) people, … (old Japanese) | hito |
| 忍の輩 | しのび の やから | party of ninja | shinobi no yakara |
| 忍 | しのび | ninja | shinobi |
| の | case-marking particle no (functions as link between nouns) | no | |
| 輩 | やから | party (of people) set (of people) clan, … | yakara |
| を | case-marking particle wo (marks direct object of verb) | wo (o) | |
| 集めけり | あつめけり | 集める (stem-form) + けり (gathered, it is told…gathered) | atsumekeri |
| 集める | あつめる | to gather, to assemble, … | atsumeru |
Bottom Right
| 僅か | わずか | only, just, … | wazuka |
| 一人 | ひとり | one (person) | hitori |
| が | が | case-marking particle ga (marks the subject) | ga |
| 忍の者 (忍びの者) | しのびのもの | ninja | shinobi no mono |
| 生死 | せいし | life and death | seishi |
| かけ | かけ | かける (masu-stem form) (risk and then/but then…) | kake |
| かける | 賭ける | to risk (one’s life), to stake, … | kakeru |
| 命をかける | いのち を かける | to put one’s life on the line to risk one’s life, … | inochi wo (o) kakeru |
| 封印 | ふういん | seal, to seal, to seal up, … | fuuin |
| …を封印する | …を ふういん する | to seal… | … wo (o) fuuin suru |
| せしめる | to wangle, to get, to obtain to cheat (someone out of) (managed to obtain/do…) | seshimeru | |
| が | but, however, … | ga | |
| その者 | そのもの | that (very) person | sono mono |
| 死にけり | しにけり | 死ぬ (stem) + けり (died, it is told he died) | shini keri |
| 死ぬ | しぬ | to die, to pass away, … | shinu |
Bottom Left
| その忍の者 | その しのび の もの | That ninja | sono shinobi no mono |
| 名 | な | name, title, … | na |
| を | case-marking particle wo (marks direct object of verb) | wo (o) | |
| 四代目 | よんだいめ | (the) Forth | yon daime |
| 火影 | ほかげ | Hokage | hokage |
| と | case-marking particle to (marks a quotation) | to | |
| 申す | もうす | to say, to be called, … | mousu |
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| ギャハハハ | ぎゃははは | HA HA HA (laughter) | gya hahaha |
| アホ | あほ | fool, idiot | aho |
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| 火影様!!! | ほかげさま | Hokage-sama!!! | hokage sama |
| 火影 | ほかげ | Hokage | hokage |
| 様 | さま | Japanese honorific (very respectful) | sama |
