conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(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)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to unfold; to unroll; to open
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
by means of; due to; because of; according to
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
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
young person; youth; young
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
power map; power structure; power relationships
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon