year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
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 lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
border (between countries); national border
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to encamp; to take up a position
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
long time; long interval; for quite some time
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become