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
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
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 stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to face; to go towards; to head towards
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
order of chivalry; chivalric order
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
victim; injured party; sufferer
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
book; volume; this; present; main; head
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
at a stroke; with a single swoop
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
refugee; exile; displaced persons
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance