from now; from this moment; henceforth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
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 accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
already; now; no longer; not any more
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
place to die; place of death
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread