unification of the whole country
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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 go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
rule; government; administration
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
Meng Tian (ca. 250-210 BCE; Chinese general)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
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
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
commander; general; leader
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
next door; neighbouring residence
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off