influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
should; must; -able; probably; likely
Al-Karnak (Egypt); Carnac (France)
mountain range; mountain belt
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
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 spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
position; location; base; point; site
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...