year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
great war; great battle; world war
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
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 contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to look around; to survey
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance