if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
troops; group members; team members
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
quarrel; dispute; argument
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Cheryl; Sherrill; Sherry; Sherryl; Sheryl
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by means of; due to; because of; according to
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
flash (of light); glint; schiller
instant; moment; for an instant
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
surface of the earth; ground surface
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to surround; to crowd around