new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
war; battle; match; game; competition
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
match; game; bout; contest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
adds force or indicates command
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she