time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
feelings; thoughts; meaning
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
domestic affairs; internal administration
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 put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
way (of doing); manner; method
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
congratulation; celebration
in one's hands; in one's control
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
a little bit; a little while
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend