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
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
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.
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
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
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everywhere; all over; throughout
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable