world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age