one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
moment; brief space of time
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
street fighting; urban warfare
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.
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
in the prefecture; prefectural
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
metalwork; metalsmith; goldsmith
work; business; company; study
town; city; municipal; urban
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
workshop; studio; atelier
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding