indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
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.)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to have an eye on; to zero in on
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to have a relationship; to have relations
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
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 go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
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
sincere; earnest; serious
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
rule; government; administration
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)