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
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
wherein; therein; thereinto
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
again; once more; a second time
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience