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.
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
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.)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
honorific/polite/humble prefix
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work