party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
to cease; to stop; to be over
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
(death from) starvation; starving to death
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces