country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
fox with supernatural powers
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be worried; to be troubled
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
decision; determination; resolution
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside; view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
royal capital; imperial capital
rather; better; instead; if anything
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
under the orders of; by order (command)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
consecutive victories; series of victories
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom