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
all present; all concerned; all of us
honorific/polite/humble prefix
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
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 unfold; to unroll; to open
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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
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...
going into battle; departure for the front
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
adds force or indicates command
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)