light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
now; the present time; just now; another; more
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fate; destiny; predestination
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
death (of an emperor); demise
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case