original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
annotation; explanatory note; comment
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
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 hide; to keep to oneself
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
tradition; legend; folklore
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment