indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
power; might; authority; influence
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
tool; implement; means; furniture
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...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to order; to command; to appoint
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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