indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
dukedom; duchy; principality
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 give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
outbreak of war; starting a war
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
war; fighting; fierce competition
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
mobile suit (giant robot in the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam")
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)