indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
already; now; no longer; not any more
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
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 collect; to assemble; to gather
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow 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
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
all (there is); as long as there is
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
how; in what way; how about
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable