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
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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
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 aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
by means of; due to; because of; according to
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
older brother; elder brother
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
Japanese person; Japanese people
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")