defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
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
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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.
door; gate; opening; title page
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fill a hole with earth
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in that way; thus; so; so?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(period of) a year; during an era
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)