duty; function; office; mission; task; role
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
color of flames; colour of flames
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
one of these days; someday; one day
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
sphere; circle; range; category
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily