extermination; annihilation
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
expression; presentation; representation; notation
living thing; living creature; animal; life
several times; once or twice
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
solitude; loneliness; isolation
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
river; stream; River; the ... river
inside; interior; inner part
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons