earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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.
again; once more; a second time
to face; to go towards; to head towards
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to rain incessantly; to downpour
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
outbreak of war; starting a war
to pass (of time); to elapse
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
very much; exceedingly; extremely
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
using as an intermediary; through
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of