proceeding to the capital
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 accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
Toyotomi Hideyori (1593.8.29-1615.6.4)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Tokugawa Hidetada (1579.5.2-1632.3.14), Shougun 1605-1623
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
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
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
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to face; to go towards; to head towards
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
being (somewhere); sitting
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon