one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
-less; lacking; non-existing
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
imprisonment; incarceration
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
emperor (of Japan); mikado
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
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.
proposal; proposition; suggestion
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...