outbreak of war; starting a war
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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
multi-course menu; multi-course dining
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
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.
continuation; succession; series
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
match; game; bout; contest
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ten best people (in a particular field)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
winner-takes-all (system)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)