time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
by means of; due to; because of; according to
fire attack; attacking and burning enemy troops, warships, provisions, etc.
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
vicissitudes; ups and downs
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as