Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
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
founder of a religious sect
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
dozens; scores of; decades
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
depravity; corruption; degradation
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
whole nation; whole land; whole country
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
government forces; loyalist army
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
two persons; two people; pair; couple
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
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.
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
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