March; third month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to relax; to feel at home
ice cream; flavoured ice; sherbet
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that day; the very same day
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
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
healthy; sound; wholesome
political measures; policy
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 press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
the present regime; the existing regime
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
almost; roughly; approximately
conviction; belief; confidence
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
government management; state management
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
influential person; man of importance
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
those (near the second person)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
form; shape; figure; visage