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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

5

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

72

Earth; the globe

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

70

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

38

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

4

history

2

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.

54

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

2

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

39

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

to; towards; for

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

3

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

2

Formula One (form of motor racing); F1

1

racer

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

universe; cosmos; space

1

sea; ocean; waters

2

tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)

2

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

18

fierce fighting

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

2

drama; play; powerful drug

1

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

1

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.)

13

however; but

2

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

9

new; fresh; novel

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

12

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

5

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

7

existence; being

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

31

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

34

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

5

that; those; the

3

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

3

beast; brute; animal

3

was; were

3

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1

really; truly; indeed; good grief

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