town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
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.
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
without leaving any trace
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
nothing but; except; no more than
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; how about
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.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
association; society; organization; organisation
function; facility; faculty; feature