companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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.
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
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
submission; return to allegiance
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
messenger; envoy; emissary
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
don't you think?; indicates question
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
but; however; provided that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to collect; to assemble; to gather
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo