Naruto Manga Chapter 1 (Japanese Words & Phrases)

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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 onemaki no ichi

まき
かん
volume (of book)
roll (of clothes)
winding (watch)
maki
kan

particle の
volume one, first of volumes
(in katakana to emphasize)
no

いち
one, 1, firstichi
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

にん
endurance
patience
self-restraint
nin

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
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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
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fictionfikushon
ですJapanese copula です
this work = fiction
(adds politeness and formality)
desu
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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
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)
particle は
as for the relation to current…
(marks topic of sentence)
ha (wa)
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
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Sentence 3 – デジタル配信

デジタル配信でじたる はいしんdigital distributiondejitaru haishin
デジタル
でじたる
digitaldejitaru
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
particle に
(used) for…
for (the use of…)
(marks target of action)
ni

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

さい
re-
again, …
sai
編集
へんしゅう
editing
compilation
henshuu
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
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Table of Contents

ナルトなるとNaruto
(name of manga)
Naruto
巻ノ一まき の いちvolume onemaki 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 contentsmokuji
ナンバーなんばーnumbernanbaa
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-kunSasuke-kun

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
particle の
Kakashi’s conclusion
conclusion of Kakashi
(indicates possession/link)
no
結論けつろんconclusionketsuron
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Naruto Manga Chapter 1

Page 5 – No 1: Uzumaki Naruto!! – Kyuubi Sealing

ナンバーなんばあnumbernanbaa
うずまきナルトうずまき なるとNaruto Uzumaki
(name of chapter)
Uzumaki Naruto
むかしonce upon a time
a long time ago, …
mukashi
妖狐ようこmythological fox spirityouko
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
きつねfoxkitsune
九つの尾ここのつ の おnine tailskokonotsu no o
九つここのつninekokonotsu
case-marking particle no
(shows possession like ‘s)
no
tail(s)o
その尾そのおthat tail, those tailssono 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-conditionalba
振るふるto swing, to shake
to wave, …
furu
山崩れやまくずれlandslideyamakuzure
津波つなみtsunami, tidal wavetsunami
立つたつto rise, to stand
to stand up, …
tatsu
Page 5 – Kyuubi Sealing (top right)

Top Left

これthiskore
case-marking particle
(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 ninjashinobi no yakara
しのびninjashinobi
case-marking particle no
(functions as link between nouns)
no
やからparty (of people)
set (of people)
clan, …
yakara
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
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Bottom Right

僅かわずかonly, just, …wazuka
一人ひとりone (person)hitori
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 deathseishi
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
but, however, …ga
その者 そのものthat (very) personsono 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
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Bottom Left

その忍の者その しのび の ものThat ninjasono shinobi no mono
name, title, …na
case-marking particle wo
(marks direct object of verb)
wo (o)
四代目よんだいめ(the) Forthyon daime
火影ほかげHokagehokage
case-marking particle to
(marks a quotation)
to
申すもうすto say, to be called, …mousu
Page 5 – Kyuubi Sealing (bottom left)

Page 9 – Hokage Rock Vandalism

ギャハハハぎゃはははHA HA HA
(laughter)
gya hahaha
アホあほfool, idiotaho
Page 9 – Hokage Rock Vandalism

Page 10 – Hokage-Sama is Called

火影様!!!ほかげさまHokage-sama!!!hokage sama
火影ほかげHokagehokage
さまJapanese honorific
(very respectful)
sama
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