matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
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
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
imprisonment; incarceration
Kinoshita Toukichirō (1920.3.25-)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
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.)