surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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.
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
battlefield; battleground
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
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
way; method; means; resource; course
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
all; entire; whole; altogether
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very