that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
incident; affair; happening; event
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
federation; federal state; United States of America
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
direct control; direct supervision
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
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
headquarters; head office; main office
base (military, expedition, etc.)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
troops; group members; team members
by means of; due to; because of; according to
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
party; gang; company; squad
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing