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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
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
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family); merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
successive generations; successive emperors
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
sword skills; swordsmanship
many; numerous; various; large number of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
part; portion; glimpse; bit
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
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
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of