war; battle; match; game; competition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
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...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unprecedented; never seen before
great war; great battle; world war
adds force or indicates command
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)