indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
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.
construction; establishment
fall; drop; descent; coming down
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
war; fighting; fierce competition
by means of; due to; because of; according to
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
people; men and women; each person; everybody
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
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
town; city; municipal; urban
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)